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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Control centers"”.
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Anomaly Detection for Control Centers
The control center is a critical location in the power system infrastructure. Decisions regarding the power system’s operation and control are often made from the control center. These control actions are made possible through SCADA communication. This capability however makes the power system …
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A sectorization model for air route traffic control centers
Air traffic control teams are responsible for the safe and efficient control of air traffic through corresponding air sectors. When long term imbalances develop between a team's control capability and the level of control demanded by the sector traffic, inefficiencies develop in the control …
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Human factors in the design of displays for traffic operations control centers
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1994.
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The viability of IS enhanced knowledge sharing in mission-critical command and control centers
… are handled by a centralized command and control center, or Network Management Center. A formal case study is performed in this global telecommunications network to evaluate the design of an Alarm Correlation Tool (ACT). This work defines a design methodology for an Information System (IS) …
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Development of a Theoretical Framework of Distributed Cognition Phenomena in Control Centers During Crisis Conditions
… cognition phenomena occurring in organizational control centers functioning in crisis environments. Using a systems approach, the work synthesizes existing constructs relating to distributed cognition then supplements this knowledge with review of crisis management literature. The goal of this …
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Voltage and VAR optimization for energy control
… utilities for implementation in their Energy Control Centers. Much of the past research has utilized linear programming incremental models or strictly gradient techniques. This research combines both linear programming (LP) and generalized reduced gradient techniques (GRG) for voltage …
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Algorithmic advancements in discrete optimization : applications to machine learning and healthcare operations
… years, hospitals will operate like air-traffic control centers whose role is to coordinate care across multiple facilities. Consequently, the future of hospital operations will have three salient characteristics. First, data. The ability to process, analyze and exploit data effectively will …
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Fatigue Monitoring System
… is well suited to monitor users in command centers, flight control centers, airport traffic dispatches, military operation and command centers, etc., but the work can be extended to wearable devices and other environments.
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Cooperative congestion control in power grid communication networks
… sensor data with real time guarantees to the control centers for timely decisions. Present day network systems are unable to ensure the real-time needs of the PMU data as they are not designed to support PMU devices. Hence, the need arises for new communication and control protocols. This …
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Fast power network detection of topology change locations using PMU measurements
… analysis are crucial functions in power control centers. In order to perform these analyses, a complete model of the power network is needed. Moreover, to account for system configuration dynamics, this model must be continuously updated for the purpose of on-line analysis. Several …
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Feasibility Analysis and Fuel Burn Benefits of Relaxing Constraints in High Altitude Cruise
… regional differences among Air Route Traffic Control Centers were observed in the number of close encounters. The frequency of controller intervention events that would have to occur was evaluated at 25 NM and 50 NM alerting distance levels, and it was found that, given sufficient …
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Regulation, architecture and modernism in the United States, 1890-1920
… way to systems of governance that aimed to control the economies of the home, market, nature and labor. Methods of avoiding, delaying, and constraining the uncertainties resulting from the massive economic development of the nation established a new approach to securing its future through …
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Neural adaptive mechanisms in respiratory regulation : theory and experiments
… system is an example of a complex biological control system. The principle goal of the regulator is to preserve the chemical balance of 02, CO2 and pH in the body. Although much is known about the visceral aspects of the respiratory control system, such as lung anatomy, gas exchange, and the …
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An Electrical Mine Monitoring System Utilizing the IEC 61850 Standard
Motor control assets are foundational elements in many industrial operations. In the mining industry, these assets primarily consist of motor control centers and drives, which are available with a comprehensive assortment of control and monitoring devices. Various intelligent electronic devices …
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Development of a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System with Application to the Economic Optimization of Aircraft Based Weather Data Collection
… users such as weather forecasters and aviation control centers. Substantial government funding is required for the implementation and operation of this new data acquisition system and data transmission expenditures constitute the largest portion of the costs. To achieve economic optimization of …
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Developing, implementing, and evaluating tuberculosis laboratory information systems for resource-poor settings
… developed and implemented. A cluster randomized controlled trial and before-and-after comparison showed that this system had a significant effect in reducing processing times from 23 to 8 days, the proportion of cultures with delays >90 days from 9.2% to 0.1%, the number of errors by 57.1%, and …
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Analysis and techniques of data compression in smart grids in the context of IEC 61850 communication protocol
… further transferred throughout the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and the data control center using the communication protocols. As a result, a large amount of data is transferred among different monitoring devices, data control centers, and SCADA within the smart grid, which …
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Towards the Quantitative Analysis of the Connectivity Value of Networked Operations
… the nature of and the approach to command and control is evolving in order to meet the challenges of Information Age warfare, the essential functions that must be accomplished remain constant. One of those essential functions is the arrangement of the assets within a combat force. Certainly, …
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Real-time data operations and causal security analysis for edge-cloud-based Smart Grid infrastructure
… of physical components, sensors, actuators, control centers, and communication networks. The key to orchestrate large scale Smart Grid is to provide situational awareness of the system. And situational awareness is based on large-scale, real-time, accurate collection and analysis of the …
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Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization of Advanced Air Traffic Procedures to Improve Oceanic Flights
… and resiliency of American Air Traffic Control (ATC) by implementing satellite-based communication, and navigation systems. Because of the vast oceanic areas controlled by Oakland, New York, and Anchorage air traffic control centers, improving oceanic operations is significant for the …
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