Distributed applications or workflows need to access and use compute, storage and network resources simultaneously or chronologically coordinated respectively. Examples are distributed multi-physics simulations that use the combined computational performance and data storage of multiple clusters. A coordinated reservation and allocation of the resources is a prerequisite for the efficient use o...

As policy makers seek to integrate a serious sociological and environmental issue into energy production, the typical utility is faced with not only technology upgrades, but also dealing with new systemic events that occur far beyond its franchise borders. Adding renewable energy resources into the existing bulk generation power system can be accomplished through a smarter power grid when the i...

With the development of distributed generation resources and the increase of energy generation technologies, the operation of power systems faced with new complexities. Due to the development of smart grids and the use of renewable energy resources, a suitable method for the optimal use of these resources is of great importance. International organizations and institutions are trying to develop...

Traditionally, conventional generation unit was used to provide ancillary services e.g. reactive power support, and spinning reserve. Nonetheless, with the emergence of highly penetrated distributed energy resources (DERs) systems and considering how beneficial they can be; it appears reasonable to use them as reactive power providers. Therefore, this paper introduces a new procedure for DERs t...

Distributed data mining (DDM) consists of mining data using distributed resources. DDM has emerged as a hot research area. Careful attention in the usage of distributed resources of data, computing, communication, storage and human factors in a near optimal fashion are paid by DDM. DDM is gaining attention in Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems which are emerging as a new distributed computing paradigm ...

Distributed energy resources DER constitute a relatively new paradigm in the electric power industry. The concept is gaining popularity because of the inherent modularity of DERs. They can be regarded as more flexible power sources, albeit with limited capacity, than centralized power units. DERs are power generation or storage units that are connected directly to the distribution network or co...

Voltage control is one of the imperative issues in the smart distribution control system. While traditional distribution network is equipped with communication and monitoring equipment, the online voltage control can be perfectly achieved. With using these smart grid technologies, the distribution voltage control schemes should carry out intelligently and cover the undesirable effect of high pe...