distributed generations (dgs) are utilized to supply the active and reactive power in the transmission and distribution systems. these types of power sources have many benefits such as power quality enhancement, voltage deviation reduction, power loss reduction, load shedding reduction, reliability improvement, etc. in order to reach the above benefits, the optimal placement and sizing of dg is...

this study focuses on the forecasting of energy demands of residential and commercial sectors using linear and exponential functions. the coefficients were obtained from genetic and particle swarm optimization (pso) algorithms. totally, 72 different scenarios with various inputs were investigated. consumption data in respect of residential and commercial sectors in iran were collected from the ...

in this paper, a very efficient method, called single matrix block analyzer (smba), has been developed to determine relative permeability and capillary pressure curves from spontaneous imbibition (si) data. smba mimics realistically the si tests by appropriate boundary conditions modeling. in the proposed method, a cuboid with an identical core plug height is considered. the equal dimensions of...

hub covering location problem, network design,   single machine scheduling, genetic algorithm,   shuffled frog leaping algorithm   hub location problems (hlp) are synthetic optimization problems that appears in telecommunication and transportation networks where nodes send and receive commodities (i.e., data transmissions, passengers transportation, express packages, postal deliveries, etc.) th...

in this research, the charged system search (css) and enhanced charged system search (ecss) algorithm are used to obtain the optimum design of irregular grillage systems with different spacing and various boundary conditions. the cross-sectional properties of the beams are selected as the design variables and the weight of structure is used as the objective function. the displacement limitation...

background: a method to track liver tumor motion signals from fluoroscopic images without any implanted gold fiducial markers was proposed in this study to overcome the adverse effects on precise tumor irradiation caused by respiratory movement. materials and methods: the method was based on the following idea: (i) before treatment, a series of fluoroscopic images corresponding to different bre...

the metal sheets play an important role in the mechanical design, particularly in the aerospace structures. the rivet connections are frequently used to connect these sheets. the riveting quality greatly influences the rupture of the rivet and the sheet. the various parameters affect the quality of this operation. in this paper, the optimization of the parameters contributing to the riveting qu...

background: nowadays, analyzing human facial image has gained ever-increasing importance due to its various applications. image segmentation is required as a very important and fundamental operation for significant analysis and interpretation of images. methods: among the segmentation methods, image thresholding technique is one of the most well-known methods due to its simplicity, robustness a...

In this paper, a hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm, based on imperialistic competition algorithm (ICA), harmony search (HS), and simulated annealing (SA) is presented. The body of the proposed hybrid algorithm is based on ICA. The proposed hybrid algorithm inherits the advantages of the process of harmony creation in HS algorithm to improve the exploitation phase of the ICA algorithm. In addition...

a shortest path problem is a practical issue in networks for real-world situations. this paper addresses the fuzzy shortest path (fsp) problem to obtain the best fuzzy path among fuzzy paths sets. for this purpose, a new efficient algorithm is introduced based on a new definition of ideal fuzzy sets (ifss) in order to determine the fuzzy shortest path. moreover, this algorithm is developed for ...