We consider an electricity generator making offers of energy into an electricity pool market over a horizon of several trading periods (typically a single trading day). The generator runs a set of generating units with given start-up costs, shut-down costs and operating ranges. At the start of each trading period the generator must submit to the pool system operator a new supply curve defining ...

This article aims at making iterative optimization practical and usable by speeding up the evaluation of a large range of optimizations. Instead of using a full run to evaluate a single program optimization, we take advantage of periods of stable performance, called phases. For that purpose, we propose a low-overhead phase detection scheme geared toward fast optimization space pruning, using co...

This paper presents a new class AB programmable square-root domain (SRD) filter. The main advantages of the proposed circuits are low power consumption, wide input dynamic range with small standby current and potential for low-voltage operation. Simulation results confirm the validity of the proposed design technique and the high performance of the proposed circuits. Key-Words: Square-root doma...

A fully differential high-Q bandpass filter that uses lossy integrated inductors is presented. The circuit is implemented in a 0.8 m BiCMOS technology and realizes a center frequency of 750 MHz with a Q-factor that is tunable from 10 to 490 while dissipating 80–100 mW from a single 5 V supply. Since the objective of the prototype was to explore the proposed Qenhancement technique, the dynamic r...

In the Pseudo-Multiple-Exposure-Based Tone Fusion with Local Region Adjustment [1], it introduces a framework for inverse tone mapping which uses only one Low Dynamic Range (LDR) image to evaluate High Dynamic Range (HDR) image. First, map LDR image to HDR images using S curve. By changing the parameters of S curve, we can get different EV scenes. Then, segment the image into four different lum...

In this article we present multiple-aperture photography, a new method for analyzing sets of images captured with different aperture settings, with all other camera parameters fixed. Using an image restoration framework, we show that we can simultaneously account for defocus, high dynamic range exposure (HDR), and noise, all of which are confounded according to aperture. Our formulation is base...

High dynamic range (HDR) imaging is able to capture a wide range of luminance values, closer to what the human eye can perceive. However, for capture and display technologies, it is important to answer the question on the significance of higher dynamic range for user preference. This paper answers this question by investigating the added value of higher dynamic range via a rigorous set of subje...

High Dynamic Range (HDR) displays and cameras are paving their ways through the consumer market at a rapid growth rate. Thanks to TV and camera manufacturers, HDR systems are now becoming available commercially to end users. This is taking place only a few years after the blooming of 3D video technologies. MPEG/ITU are also actively working towards the standardization of these technologies. How...

Recent advances in the design of high dynamic range (HDR) monitors enable the display of images having a large dynamic range, close to that encountered in the real world. As their usage will increase, we will be confronted with the problem of rerendering images that have been mapped to standard dynamic range (SDR) displays so that they look natural on HDR monitors. We address this issue for SDR...

In this paper, we address the issue of color in high dynamic range (HDR) imaging. In contrast to state-of-the-art methods, we propose to move the complete HDR imaging process from RGB to a luminance-chrominance color space. Our aim is to get a more computationally efficient technique and to avoid also any possible color distortions originating from three color channels processed separately. To ...