Let (Xn)n=1 be a sequence of i.i.d.r.v.'s with values in a Polish space of law [mu]. Consider the empirical measures . Our purpose is to generalize Sanov's theorem about the large deviation principle of Ln from the weak convergence topology to the stronger Wasserstein metric Wp. We show that Ln...

Daily solar power prediction using data-driven approaches is studied. Four famous data-driven approaches, the Artificial Neural Network (ANN), the Support Vector Machine (SVM), the k-nearest neighbor (kNN), and the multivariate linear regression (MLR), are applied to develop the prediction...

The effects of injection timing, ignition timing, and injection nozzle parameters on the regulated emissions from a high-compression ratio direct-injection spark-ignition methanol engine were investigated experimentally and its emission characteristics were compared with the diesel counterpart....

Power forecasting has received a great deal of attention due to its importance for planning the operations of photovoltaic (PV) system. Compared to other forecasting techniques, the ARIMA time series model does not require the meteorological forecast of solar irradiance that is often...

This paper develops new real time prediction models for output power and energy efficiency of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. These models were validated using measured data of a grid-connected solar PV system in Macau. Both time frames based on yearly average and monthly average are...

The conventional Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques have been focused mostly on the detection of step changes in process means. However, there are often settings for monitoring linear drifts in process means, e.g., the gradual change due to tool wear or similar causes. The adaptive...

An expanded Bethe–Peierls approximation is used to study the magnetic properties of the magnetic superlattice, which consists of a mixed spin-12 and spin-1 (with a single-ion anisotropy D) alternate ferromagnetic monolayers with antiferromagntic coupling at the interlayers. By using the...

The thermally driven spin transport through mesoscopic ferromagnetic semimetal-normal metal junctions is investigated. A pure spin current can be enforced by the spin-polarised semimetal band structure and the spin current increases with increasing either the temperature bias or the equilibrium...

In this paper, a complex contact network is constructed as substrate for cultural diffusion. Agents are partitioned into “clusters”, interpreted as sub-cultural groups. Cultural dissemination works both within the cluster and across clusters. To reflect connection intensity, an extra-cluster...