International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE, ISSN: 2088-8708, a SCOPUS indexed Journal, SNIP: 1.001; SJR: 0.296; CiteScore: 0.99; SJR & CiteScore Q2 on both of the Electrical & Electronics Engineering, and Computer Science) is the official publication of the Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). The journal is open to submission from scholars and experts in the wide areas of electrical, electronics, instrumentation, control, telecommunication and computer engineering from the global world.
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System for Prediction of Non Stationary Time Series based on the Wavelet Radial Bases Function Neural Network Model
Heni Kusdarwati;
Samingun Handoyo
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
Publisher : Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2327-2337
This paper proposes and examines the performance of a hybrid model called the wavelet radial bases function neural networks (WRBFNN). The model will be compared its performance with the wavelet feed forward neural networks (WFFN model by developing a prediction or forecasting system that considers two types of input formats: input9 and input17, and also considers 4 types of non-stationary time series data. The MODWT transform is used to generate wavelet and smooth coefficients, in which several elements of both coefficients are chosen in a particular way to serve as inputs to the NN model in both RBFNN and FFNN models. The performance of both WRBFNN and WFFNN models is evaluated by using MAPE and MSE value indicators, while the computation process of the two models is compared using two indicators, many epoch, and length of training. In stationary benchmark data, all models have a performance with very high accuracy. The WRBFNN9 model is the most superior model in nonstationary data containing linear trend elements, while the WFFNN17 model performs best on non-stationary data with the non-linear trend and seasonal elements. In terms of speed in computing, the WRBFNN model is superior with a much smaller number of epochs and much shorter training time.
Removal of Fixed-valued Impulse Noise based on Probability of Existence of the Image Pixel
Ali Awad
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2106-2114
This paper proposes a new approach for restoring images distorted by fixed-valued impulse noise. The detection process is based on finding the probability of existence of the image pixel. Extensive investigations indicate that the probability of existence of a pixel in an original image is bounded and has a maximum limit. The tested pixel is judged as original if it has probability of existence less than the threshold boundary. In many tested images, the proposed method indicates that the noisy pixels are detected efficiently. Moreover, this method is very fast, easy to implement and has an outstanding performance when compared with other well-known methods. Therefore, if the proposed filter is added as a preliminary stage to many filters, the final results will be improved.
Experimental Studies on the Effect of Antenna Orientations to the Performance of OFDM-based System
J. Muslimin;
A. L. Asnawi;
A. F. Ismail;
A. Z. Jusoh;
N. A. Malek;
H. A. M. Ramli
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2588-2594
Software-defined radio (SDR) is an emerging and promising high re-configurable platform for rapid prototyping inreal environment applications. It offers both flexibility and low cost to facilitate the development process of agile communication system, such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM). Other than modulation and transmission technique like OFDM, antenna orientations play a significant importance in wireless communication. The availabililty of SDR platform like USRP has enabled the empirical evaluation of antenna orientation to the system performance. The performance has been evaluated in terms of throughput and packet error rate. The findings show the antenna orientation affect the system performance significantly.
Evaluation of the Medical Image Compression using Wavelet Packet Transform and SPIHT Coding
Ismahane Benyahia;
Mohammed Beladgham;
Abdesselam Bassou
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2139-2147
Wavelet transforms and wavelet packets are widely imposed in the analysis and resolution of problems related to science and technical engineering. Decomposition wavelet packet allows several frequency bands according to various levels of resolutions. We apply this transform (PWT) coupled with the SPIHT coder to reduce the limitations of conventional wavelet filter bank. The results obtained using the applied algorithm, are very satisfactory and encouraging compared to many of the best coders cited in the literature and show a visual and numerical superiority over conventional methods. These the promising results are confirmed by visual evaluation parameters (PSNR, MSSIM and VIF).
Initial Development of an Electrical Power Generator by using Thermoelectric Generator, Focal Lens and Underground Heat Dissipation System
Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Kamarul Bahrin;
Sabarina Jaafar
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2549-2556
Electrical energy is important in various developments to ensure global stability. However, most electrical energy sources are non-renewable and these sources are expected to be depleted in the near future. In order to solve this problem, research on renewable energy sources are intensified and thermoelectric generator (TEG) is one of the potential solutions. TEG can generate electricity if the there is a temperature difference between the hot end and cold end of its plate and it is widely used in various applications, ranging from high temperature of a steam generator until to the lowest temperature of a human body. The initial development of this work focuses on the electrical power generator design by using focal lens to focus sunlight, a form of renewable energy, on the TEG hot end and also underground heat dissipation system on the cold end to create temperature difference. The initial results showed that the amount of power produced by the system is quite small but reasonable due to the type of TEGs used. However, the heat dissipation system showed a promising development due to its non-dependency on external energy to expel heat from the cold side.
Application of Multiple Kernel Support Vector Regression for Weld Bead Geometry Prediction in Robotic GMAWProcess
Nader Mollayi;
Mohammad Javad Eidi
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2310-2318
Modelling and prediction of weld bead geometry is an important issue in robotic GMAW process. This process is highly non-linear and coupled multivariable system and the relationship between process parameters and weld bead geometry cannot be defined by an explicit mathematical expression. Therefore, application of supervised learning algorithms can be useful for this purpose. Support vector machine is a very successful approach to supervised learning. In this approach, a higher degree of accuracy and generalization capability can be obtained by using the multiple kernel learning framework, which is considered as a great advantage in prediction of weld bead geometry due to the high degree of prediction accuracy required. In this paper, a novel approach for modelling and prediction of the weld bead geometry, based on multiple kernel support vector regression analysis has been proposed, which benefits from a high degree of accuracy and generalization capability. This model can be used for proper selection of welding parameters in order to obtain a desired weld bead geometry in robotic GMAW process.
Reduction of Four-Wave Mixing in DWDM System using Electro-Optic Phase Modulator
Naif Alsowaidi;
Tawfig Eltaif;
Mohd Ridzuan Mokhtar;
Belal A. Hamida
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2384-2389
In this paper, electro-optic phase modulator (EOPM) is used to reduce the effect of four-wave mixing (FWM), which is placed after 64 DWDM-channels multiplexer. It was found that the FWM is very sensitive to the phase deviation of the EOPM, and it can be reduced by introducing a phase shift between pulses. The simulation results confirmed the ability of the EOPM in improving the system performanceas indicated by the bit error rates. In term of comparison, the system of 64 channels based intensity modulated/ direct detection (IM/DD) transmission achieved bit error rate of 10-26 over 30 km and 70km without and with EOPM, respectively.
A New Hybrid Robust Fault Detection of Switching Systems by Combination of Observer and Bond Graph Method
Mohammad Ghasem Kazemi;
Mohsen Montazeri
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2157-2171
In this paper, the problem of robust Fault Detection (FD) for continuous time switched system is tackled using a hybrid approach by combination of a switching observer and Bond Graph (BG) method. The main criteria of an FD system including the fault sensitivity and disturbance attenuation level in the presence of parametric uncertainties are considered in the proposed FD system. In the first stage, an optimal switching observer based on state space representation of the BG model is designed in which simultaneous fault sensitivity and disturbance attenuation level are satisfied using H????=H1 index. In the second stage, the Global Analytical Redundancy Relations (GARRs) of the switching system are derived based on the output estimation error of the observer, which is called Error-based Global Analytical Redundancy Relations (EGARRs). The parametric uncertainties are included in the EGARRs, which define the adaptive thresholds on the residuals. A constant term due to the effect of disturbance is also considered in the thresholds. In fact, a two-stage FD system is proposed wherein some criteria may be considered in each stage. The efficiency of the proposed method is shown for a two-tank system.
Performance Analysis of Antenna Selection Techniques in MIMO-OFDM System with Hardware Impairments: Energy Efficiency perspective
Anuj Singal;
Deepak Kedia
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2272-2279
In this paper we propose a new MIMO-OFDM model in which we consider various antenna selection techniques like Bulk selection and Per-subcarrier selection etc. with hardware impairments such as non-linearties of amplifiers, quantization noise, phase noise and I-Q imbalance etc. As we know that the transceiver hardware impairments limit the channel capacity and the energy efficiency of MIMO-OFDM system, so we can not neglect the fundamental impacts of these hardware impairments {Kappa (0.05 0.1)} on the energy efficiency in the high SNR domain. Therefore we analyze the Energy Efficiency of Bulk and Per-subcarrier antenna selection techniques with or without hardware impairments. It has been observed that the energy efficiency decreases as the value of these hardware impairments increases. As we compared the Bulk antenna selection with the Per-subcarrier antenna selection scheme, the Per-subcarrier antenna selection requires more number of RF (radio frequency) chains and transmits power in comparison to the Bulk selection. Due to this, the Bulk antenna selection technique is more energy efficient than Per-subcarrier antenna selection.
Web based Water Turbidity Monitoring and Automated Filtration System: IoT Application in Water Management
S. Noorjannah Ibrahim;
A. L. Asnawi;
N. Abdul Malik;
N. F. Mohd Azmin;
A. Z. Jusoh;
F. N. Mohd Isa
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Vol 8, No 4: August 2018
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DOI: 10.11591/ijece.v8i4.pp2503-2511
Water supplied to residential areas is prone to contaminants due to pipe residues and silt, and therefore resulted in cloudiness, unfavorable taste, and odor in water. Turbidity, a measure of water cloudiness, is one of the important factors for assessing water quality. This paper proposes a low-cost turbidity system based on a light detection unit to measure the cloudiness in water. The automated system uses Intel Galileo 2 as the microprocessor and a server for a web-based monitoring system. The turbidity detection unit consists of a Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) and a Light Emitting Diode (LED) inside a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe. Turbidity readings were recorded for two different positionings; 90° and 180° between the detector (LDR) and the incident light (LED). Once the turbidity level reached a threshold level, the system will trigger the filtration process to clean the water. The voltage output captured from the designed system versus total suspended solid (TSS) in sample water is graphed and analyzed in two different conditions; in total darkness and in the present of ambient light. This paper also discusses and compares the results from the above-mentioned conditions when the system is submerged in still and flowing water. It was found that the trends of the plotted graph decline when the total suspended solid increased for both 90° and 180° detector turbidimeter in all conditions which imitate the trends of a commercial turbidimeter. By taking the consideration of the above findings, the design can be recommended for a low-cost real-time web-based monitoring system of the water quality in an IOT environment.