Site suitability analysis with geographical information system multi-criteria decision-making (GIS-MCDM) techniques forms a significant process in wind and solar energy exploration at the utility-scale level. The process unveils viable sites for exploration, however, few is know…
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This research develops a Bayesian Abduction Model for Sensemaking Support (BAMSS) for information fusion in sensemaking tasks. Two methods are investigated. The first is the classical Bayesian information fusion with belief updating (using Bayesian clustering algorithm) and abdu…
An approach for nonlinear integer programs based on a dual genetic algorithm is developed. It has a wide range of applications which includes planning, operational and design problems. This approach consists of relaxing some selected constraints of the integer program in questio…
Identification and control of power systems is one of the major problems of interest in the power system area. Conventional methods of power systems identification and control are very unattractive because they are too cumbersome for on-line applications, based on linear models …
Evolution-based optimization of fuzzy logic control systems has, in recent years, received a great deal of attention due to the inherent ability of Genetic Algorithms (GA) in efficient and parallel search of complex and multimodal landscapes. This need is vividly realized as kno…
The present work deals with thermal generation scheduling, which could be considered the major part of the overall scheduling problem of hydrothermal power systems. The scheduling problem of thermal generating units can be considered as two linked optimization problems. It compr…
The objectives of this research work are to investigate, design and implement active integrated antennas comprising active devices connected directly to the patch radiators, for various applications in high efficiency RF front-ends, integrated oscillator antennas, design and opt…
The failure of oil well drillstrings due to torsional and longitudinal stresses caused by stick-slip phenomena during the drilling operation causes great expense to industry. Due to the complicated and harsh drilling environment, modelling of the drillstring becomes an essential…
The implementation of a low carbon electricity system within the GB requires a significant change to the generation mix with an increasing role for renewable generation. Much of this generation will be intermittent. To date system balancing has largely relied on predicting deman…
Methodologies designed to support new product development are receiving increasing interest in recent literature. A significant percentage of new product failure is attributed to a mismatch between designed product features and consumer liking. A variety of methodologies have be…
Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are a search heuristic modeled on the processes of evolution. They have been used to solve optimisation problems in a wide variety of fields. When applied to the optimisation of intervention schedules for optimal control problems, such as cancer chemothe…
New technological advances and the requirements to increasingly abide by new safety laws in engineering design projects highly affects industrial products in areas such as automotive, aerospace and railway industries. The necessity arises to design reduced-cost hi-tech products …
This thesis tackles a series of problems related to the evolution of completesoftware systems both in terms of the underlying Genetic Programmingsystem and the application of that system. A new representation is presented that addresses some of the issues withother Genetic Progr…
The one- and two-sided bipartite graph drawing problem alms to find a layout of a bipartite graph, with vertices of the two parts placed on parallel imaginary lines, that has the minimum number of edge-crossings. Vertices of one part are in fixed positions for the one-sided prob…
A novel real-time control method that minimises linear system vibrations when it is subjected to an arbitrary external excitation is proposed in this study. The work deals with a discrete differential dynamic programming type of problem, in which an external disturbance is contr…
Although traditionally Wireless Sensor Network (WSNs) have been regarded as static sensor arrays used mainly for environmental monitoring, recently, its applications have undergone a paradigm shift from static to more dynamic environments, where nodes are attached to moving obje…
In this thesis the control of ultrafast (10⁻¹³ s) optical pulses used for metrological applications has been investigated. Two different measurement set-ups have been considered, both based around the `pump-probe' technique, where an optical pulse is divided into two parts, one …
Safety systems are designed to prevent the occurrence of certain conditions and their future development into a hazardous situation. The consequence of the failure of a safety system of a potentially hazardous industrial system or process varies from minor inconvenience and cost…
Typically, systems biology focuses on the form and function of networks of biochemical interactions. Questions inevitably arise as to the evolutionary origin of those networks' properties. Such questions are of interest to a growing number of systems biologists, and several grou…