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Relationships Between Leadership and Success in Different Types of Project Complexities

Abstract: We investigate the moderating effect of project complexity on the relationship between leadership competences of project managers and their success in projects. Building on existing studies ...
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A Strategy for Short-Term Load Forecasting by Support Vector Regression Machines

Abstract: This paper presents a generic strategy for short-term load forecasting (STLF) based on the support vector regression machines (SVR). Two important improvements to the SVR based load ...
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Stability of Discrete-Time Systems With Time-Varying Delays via a Novel Summation Inequality

Abstract: This technical note is concerned with the stability analysis of discrete linear systems with time-varying delays. The novelty of the technical note comes from the consideration of a new ...
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Real-Time Motor Fault Detection by 1-D Convolutional Neural Networks

Abstract: Early detection of the motor faults is essential and artificial neural networks are widely used for this purpose. The typical systems usually encapsulate two distinct blocks: feature ...
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Energy Sharing Management for Microgrids With PV Prosumers: A Stackelberg Game Approach

Abstract: For microgrids with photovoltaic (PV) prosumers, the effective energy sharing management (ESM) is important for the operation. In this paper, a Stackelberg game approach for ESM is proposed.
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A Grey Wolf-Assisted Perturb & Observe MPPT Algorithm for a PV System

Abstract: This paper proposes a new hybrid maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm combining grey wolf optimization (GWO) and perturb & observe (P&O) technique for efficient extraction of ...
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MPPI-IPDDP: A Hybrid Method of Collision-Free Smooth Trajectory Generation for Autonomous Robots

Abstract: This article presents a hybrid trajectory optimization method designed to generate collision-free, smooth trajectories for autonomous mobile robots. By combining sampling-based model ...
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Sliding-Mode Control for Systems With Mismatched Uncertainties via a Disturbance Observer

Abstract: This paper develops a sliding-mode control (SMC) approach for systems with mismatched uncertainties via a nonlinear disturbance observer (DOB). By designing a novel sliding surface based on ...
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A Wideband Frequency Tunable Optoelectronic Oscillator Incorporating a Tunable Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Phase-Modulation to Intensity-Modulation Conversion Using a ...

Abstract: An optically tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) with a wide frequency tunable range incorporating a tunable microwave photonic filter implemented based on phase-modulation to ...
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More Electric Aircraft: Review, Challenges, and Opportunities for Commercial Transport Aircraft

Abstract: Similar to the efforts to move toward electric vehicles, much research has focused on the idea of a more electric aircraft (MEA). The motivations for this research are similar to that for ...
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The Impact of Adverse Weather Conditions on Autonomous Vehicles: How Rain, Snow, Fog, and Hail Affect the Performance of a Self-Driving Car

Abstract: Recently, the development of autonomous vehicles and intelligent driver assistance systems has drawn a significant amount of attention from the general public. One of the most critical ...
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3D Point Cloud Processing and Learning for Autonomous Driving: Impacting Map Creation, Localization, and Perception

Abstract: We present a review of 3D point cloud processing and learning for autonomous driving. As one of the most important sensors in autonomous vehicles (AVs), lidar sensors collect 3D point clouds ...