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The Putting human commonsense knowledge into computers has always been a long standing dream of artificial intelligence (AI). The cost of several tens of millions of dollars and time have been covered so that the computers could know about "objects falling, not rising.", "running is faster than walking". The large database was built, automated and semi-automated methods were introduced and volunteers' efforts were utilized to achieve this, but an automated, high-throughput and low-noise method for commonsense collection still remains as the holy grail of AI. The aim of this study was to build commonsense knowledge ontology using three approaches namely Hearst method, machine translation and... 

The global shift to renewable energy, especially wind power, is critical for achieving carbon-neutral power systems but poses challenges to grid stability due to reduced system inertia from inverter-based resources. Grid-forming (GFM) control modes are emerging as key solutions to these stability issues. Given the vast potential of wind energy, ensuring that wind turbine generators (WTGs) comply with GFM control standards is essential. This paper explores GFM capabilities in Type IV WTGs, focusing on the interactions between grid-side and machine-side control dynamics. A simplified small-signal model is developed to efficiently analyse the direct coupling between active power and DC-link... 

This article investigates the maximum transferable power (MTP) of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and provides the output capability curves (OCCs) of grid-tied grid-following inverters (GFLIs) and grid-forming inverters (GFMIs). To this end, in the first part of the article, mathematical equations for GFLI static, thermal, and phase-locked loop (PLL)-induced power transfer limits are derived in terms of the grid short-circuit ratio (SCR) and its X/R ratio. Then, considering other operational limitations, such as the IBR AC- and DC-side voltage limits, the OCC of the GFLI is obtained. Additionally, the impact of the reactive current and the reactive control mode on the OCC is further studied,... 

This paper presents a solution in order to solve the problem of using HMM-based POS tagger in some languages where a word can be comprised of several tokens. Viterbi algorithm is modified in order to support segment of words within a model state. In the other word, the proposed system has a built-in tokenizer where indicates words boundaries as well as its corresponding tag sequence  

This article presents an enhanced power-synchronized grid-following inverter (ePSGFLI) for reliable and stable integration of renewable energy resources into the grid. By eliminating the use of a phase-locked loop (PLL) in the control loop, the ePSGFLI resolves instability issues commonly associated with conventional PLL-based grid-following inverters (GFLIs). Furthermore, in contrast to existing PLL-less strategies like linear parameter-varying control of power-synchronized GFLI (LPV-PSGFLI), which suffer from steady-state errors and instability during grid frequency deviations, the proposed ePSGFLI ensures stable performance without steady-state errors, regardless of the strength of the... 

The increasing use of inverter-based resources (IBRs) in power systems highlights the need for a deep understanding of their stability and dynamics. Traditional analytical models, limited by the black-box nature of IBRs, underscore the importance of frequency-domain methods through measured admittance. Facing challenges in real-world admittance measurement, such as the absence of ideal voltage or current sources, the use of measurement inverters as perturbation sources has emerged as a promising approach, despite drawbacks like reduced system stability and increased measurement time. This article introduces a novel control strategy for measurement inverters, elucidating the impact of abc/dq... 

In this paper we have reviewed Nevisa Persian speech recognition engine. Nevisa is an HMM-based, large vocabulary speaker-independent continuous speech recognition system. Like most successful recognition systems, MFCC with some modification has been used as speech signal features. It also utilizes a VAD based on signal energy and zero-crossing rate. Maximum likelihood estimation criterion the core of which are the classical segmental k-means and Baum-Welsh algorithms is used for training the acoustic models. The system is based on phoneme modeling and utilizes synchronous beam search based on lexicon tree for decoding the acoustic utterances. Language modeling for Persian has been... 

A current limiter (CL), which protects virtual synchronous generators (VSGs) from overcurrents, may significantly alter the operation of the VSGs when activated. In this letter, a transient stability analysis of VSGs equipped with quadrature (q-)prioritized CL is performed. This study shows that in addition to the instability caused by the positive feedback of the primary controller, a VSG could become unstable after large disturbances due to the failure of the inner voltage controller. In this study, a stability criterion is provided for the voltage control loop. © 1986-2012 IEEE  

In the realm of modern power systems, grid-connected inverters are essential for integrating renewable energy resources. While grid-following inverters (GFLIs) currently dominate the market, grid-forming inverters (GFMIs) are pivotal for technology future power systems. Furthermore, recent research emphasizes the advantages of power-synchronized GFLIs (PSGFLIs), which combine the reliable operation of conventional GFLIs in strong grids with the stability of GFMIs in weak grids. This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of transient angle stability for a specific variant of PSGFLI, referred to as the linear parameter-varying control PSGFLI (LPV-PSGFLI). First, a nonlinear dynamic model... 

The majority of inverter-based resources (IBRs) currently operate as grid-following inverters (GFLIs). However, these inverters exhibit certain stability issues when integrated in low-strength areas of the grid. To enhance the grid strength in a GFLI-dominant area, virtual synchronous generators (VSGs) can be installed. If the VSG and the GFLI are investigated as a paralleled system, despite the benefits brought by the VSG, in some cases, the transient angle instability process, caused by a voltage sag, is accelerated, making the whole system more prone to instability. Therefore, this paper aims to study the transient angle stability of a paralleled VSG-GFLI system via investigating the... 

A novel method for combining bigram model and Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis (PLSA) is introduced for language modeling. The motivation behind this idea is the relaxation of the bag of words assumption fundamentally present in latent topic models including the PLSA model. An EM-based parameter estimation technique for the proposed model is presented in this paper. Previous attempts to incorporate word order in the PLSA model are surveyed and compared with our new proposed model both in theory and by experimental evaluation. Perplexity measure is employed to compare the effectiveness of recently introduced models with the new proposed model. Furthermore, experiments are designed and... 

This paper analytically determines the nondetection zone (NDZ) of an active islanding detection method, and proposes a solution to obviate the NDZ. The method actively injects a negative-sequence current through the interface voltage-sourced converter (VSC) of a distributed generation (DG) unit, as a disturbance signal for islanding detection. The estimated magnitude of the corresponding negative-sequence voltage at the PCC is used as the islanding detection signal. In this paper, based on a laboratory test system, the performance of the islanding detection method under UL1741 anti-islanding test conditions is evaluated. Then, determining the NDZ of the method and proposing the... 

This paper presents stability analysis of a distributed generation (DG) controller (1), in an islanded mode, based on the Mapping Theorem and the Zero Exclusion Condition, and validates the results based on a laboratory scale experimental setup. The DG unit is interfaced to the host system through a voltage-sourced converter (VSC). The control strategy regulates the load voltage at the desired value in the islanded mode, despite uncertainties in the load parameters. The frequency of the island is controlled in an open loop manner by an internal oscillator. The experimental results show that the controller provides robust voltage control for a wide range of load parameters, and even maintains...