Fault detection and classification in photovoltaic (PV) systems through real-time monitoring is a fundamental task that ensures quality of operation significantly improves the performance reliability operating systems. Different statistical comparative approaches have already been proposed literature for fault detection; however, accurate loss incidents based on PV time series remains key chall...

Parallel processing is an area of growing interest to the computer science and engineering communities. This paper is an introduction to some of the concepts involved in the design and use of large-scale parallel systems. Parallel machines that are classified as SIMD (synchronous) and MIMD (asynchronous) systems, composed of a large number of microprocessors, are explored. Parallel algorithms a...

1. Historical Background 2. Modeling and Model Reduction 2.1. Aggregation 2.1.1 Balanced Aggregation 2.2. Perturbation 2.2.1. Weakly Coupled Models 3. Strongly Coupled Models 4. Hierarchical Control 4.1. Goal Coordination: Interaction Balance 4.2. Interaction Prediction 5. Decentralized Control 5.1. Stabilization Problem 5.2. Fixed Modes and Polynomials 5.3. Stabilization via Dynamic Compensati...

Building systems from existing applications written in two or more languages is common practice. Such systems are polylingual. Polylingual systems are relatively easy to build when the number of APIs needed to achieve language interoperability is small. However, when the number of distinct APIs become large, maintaining and evolving them becomes a notoriously difficult task. We present a practi...

Neuromorphic computing covers a diverse range of approaches to information processing all of which demonstrate some degree of neurobiological inspiration that differentiates them from mainstream conventional computing systems. The philosophy behind neuromorphic computing has its origins in the seminal work carried out by Carver Mead at Caltech in the late 1980s. This early work influenced other...

The global freshwater and energy crisis have prompted worldwide investments in rainwater harvesting and solar energy systems. As the implementation of these two systems develops concurrently, they can easily become integrated into one rooftop structure. Photovoltaic systems have the potential to leach heavy metals and other toxins from newly installed, broken or aged modules. Since the type of ...