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Original Research Paper Software Systems
A Multi-Aspect Semi-Automated Service Identification Method

S. Hekmat; S. Parsa; B. Vaziri

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8151.526

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Several service identification methods have been proposed to identify services using a business process-based strategy. However, these methods are still not accurate enough and adequately automated and thus need improvements. The present study addresses this gap by proposing ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning-based Load Controller in IP Multimedia Subsystems

M. Khazaei

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 21-32

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8723.546

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: IP multimedia subsystems (IMS) have been introduced as the Next Generation Network (NGN) platform while considering Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as the signaling protocol. SIP lacks a proper overload mechanism. Hence, this challenge causes decline in the multimedia QoS. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electronics
Feasibility of Digital Circuit Design based on Nanoscale Field-Effect Bipolar Junction Transistor

A. Shokri; M. Amirmazlaghani

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 33-40

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8287.503

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: The Field-effect Bipolar Junction Transistor (FEBJT) is a device with a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) characteristics except that it is designed with standard CMOS technology. Therefore, it can be implemented in nanometer dimensions without the usual restrictions in fabricating ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Computer Architecture
Fast and Power Efficient Signed/Unsigned RNS Comparator & Sign Detector

Z. Torabi; Armin Belghadr

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 41-50

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8321.505

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Residue number system (RNS) is considered as a prominent candidate for high-speed arithmetic applications due to its limited carry propagation, fault tolerance, and parallelism in “Addition”, “Subtraction”, and “Multiplication” operations. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Image Processing
Depth Estimation and Deblurring from a Single Image using an Optimized-throughput Coded Aperture

M. Masoudifar; H. R. Pourreza

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 51-64

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8630.537

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Depth from defocus and defocus deblurring from a single image are two challenging problems caused by the finite depth of field in conventional cameras. Coded aperture imaging is a branch of computational imaging, which is used to overcome these two problems. Up to now, different ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Micro Sensors
Fabrication of Micro Glass Spherical Resonator by Chemical Foaming Process (CFP)

M. Kookhaee; A. Khooshehmehri; A. Eslami Majd

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 65-74

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8737.549

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: The Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope (HRG) is an inertial sensor that is a good choice for space missions and inertial navigation due to their low noise, low energy consumption, long life, and excellent accuracy and sensitivity. It consists of three main parts: the shell, ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electromagnetic
Design and fabrication of Coaxial Plasma Waveguide Filter with the ability to reconfigure the Frequency band

S.H. Mohseni Armaki; M. Tohidlo; M. Kazerooni

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 75-84

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8668.542

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: This study aims to present a new structure based on coaxial waveguide, which can change the bandwidth, return losses, and input impedance by changing the plasma parameters of the coaxial waveguide. This structure consists of a metal body and a gas tube inside it, which uses ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Information Systems
A Novel Architecture based on Business Intelligence Approach to Exploit Big Data

M. R. Behbahani Nejad; H. Rashidi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 85-102

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8565.529

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Big data is a combination of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data collected by organizations that must be stored and used for decision-making. Businesses that deal with the business intelligence system, as well as their data sources, have a major challenge in exploiting ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Antenna Pattern Measurement
Pattern Measurement of Large Antenna by Sequential Sampling Method in Cylindrical Near-Field Test

M. Karimipour

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 103-118

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8705.544

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Cylindrical scanning technique is a well-established indirect measurement method to characterize a wide range of antenna patterns such as fan-beam antennas and phased array antennas with versatile radiation patterns.Methods: Cylindrical scanning technique which is based on ...  Read More

Innovative Paper Electronics
Indicators for Determining Salt Harvest Time Based on Salinity and Liquid Viscosity using Microcontroller

A. Saleh; A.S. Arifin

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 119-128

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8900.559

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: In general, traditional salt farmers determine the time to harvest salt by visiting and monitoring their salt ponds. Therefore, to assist salt farmers in determining the right time to harvest salt and determine the quality of the harvested salt, a wireless-based electronic ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Control
Improved Bilinear Balanced Truncation for Order Reduction of the ‎High-Order Bilinear System Based on Linear Matrix Inequalities ‎

H. Nasiri Soloklo; N. Bigdeli

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 129-140

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8812.554

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: This paper proposes a new Model Order ‎Reduction (MOR) method based on the Bilinear Balanced Truncation ‎‎(BBT) approach. In the BBT method, solving the generalized Lyapunov ‎equations is necessary to determine the bilinear system's controllability ‎and ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Classification
Improving the Classification of MPSK and MQAM Modulations by using Optimized Nonlinear Preprocess in Flat Fading Channels

I. Kadoun; H. Khaleghi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 141-152

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8743.550

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Intelligent receivers, automatically detect the digital modulation type of the received signals for demodulation purposes where is well known as Automatic Modulation Classification (AMC) module. The performance of AMC algorithms depends on the channel conditions where for example, ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electromagnetic
Performance Analysis and Modeling of a Variable Reluctance Speed Sensor for Turbomachinery applications.

A. Nejadmalayeri; P. Yousefi; M. Safaei

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 153-160

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8528.522

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: The speed sensor is one of the main components of the control and monitoring systems of rotational machines which is widely used in the aviation industry, railway, and automotive applications. Variable Reluctance Speed sensor (VRS) is a kind of magnetic sensor that has been ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Wireless Communications
A Novel Full-duplex Relay Selection and Resource Management in Cooperative SWIPT NOMA Networks

M.B. Noori Shirazi; M.R. Zahabi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 161-172

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8862.558

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a promising solution to meet a high data rate demand in the new generation of cellular networks. Moreover, simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) was introduced to enhance the performance in terms of energy efficiency. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Artificial Intelligence
Object Detection by a Hybrid of Feature Pyramid and Deep Neural Networks

S.M. Notghimoghadam; H. Farsi; S. Mohamadzadeh

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 173-182

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9012.567

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Object detection has been a fundamental issue in computer vision. Research findings indicate that object detection aided by convolutional neural networks (CNNs)‌ is still in its infancy despite -having outpaced‌ other methods‌. Methods: This study proposes a straightforward, ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electronics
Displacement Effects on the Electrical Characteristics of a Single-Molecule Device

E. Rahimi; S. Dorouki

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 183-188

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9195.585

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: The displacement of molecules is one of the major fabrication faults in manufacturing molecular electronic devices. In this paper, we profoundly study the effect of displacement on the current-voltage, and conductance-voltage characteristics of the Au-Benzenedithiol-Au single-molecule ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electronics
An Ultra-low Power Ternary Multi-digit Adder Applies GDI Method for Binary Operations

N. Ahmadzadeh Khosroshahi; M. Dehyadegari; F. Razaghian

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 189-202

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9065.570

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: This paper introduces a novel low-power and low-delay multi-digit ternary adder in carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) technology. Methods: In the proposed design, reducing the power consumption is the main priority. In this multi valued logic design, geometry-dependent ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Power
An Approach for Evaluating Incentive Policy of Wind Resources Considering the Uncertainties in the Deregulated Power Market

M. Tolou Askari

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 203-216

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8980.563

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Development of intermittent wind generation has necessitated the inclusion of several creative approaches in modeling the deregulated power market with presence of wind sources. The uncertain nature of wind resources will cause the private companies meet several risk in their ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electronics
Novel Ultra-Low-Power Mirrored Folded-Cascode Transimpedance Amplifier

S. Sadeghi; M. Nayeri; M. Dolatshahi; A. Moftakharzadeh

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 217-228

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9015.568

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: In this paper, a novel structure as a Folded-Mirror (FM) Trans-impedance Amplifier (TIA) is designed and introduced for the first time based on the combination of the current-mirror and the folded-cascade topologies. The trans-impedance amplifier stage is the most critical ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Control
Robust Linear Parameter Varying Fault Reconstruction of Wind Turbine Pitch Actuator using Second-order Sliding Mode Observer

M. Mousavi; M. Ayati; M.R. Hairi-Yazdi; S. Siahpour

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, Pages 229-241

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8179.500

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: In this paper, a novel linear parameter varying (LPV) model of a wind turbine is developed based on a benchmark model presented by Aalborg University and KK-electronic a/c. The observability and validity of the model are investigated using real aerodynamic data.Methods: In ...  Read More

A 12 bit 76MS/s SAR ADC with a Capacitor Merged Technique in 0.18µm CMOS Technology

S. Mahdavi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 121-130

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2017.693

Abstract
  A new high-resolution and high-speed fully differential Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) based on Capacitor Merged Technique is presented in this paper. The main purposes of the proposed idea are to achieve high-resolution and high-speed SAR ADC simultaneously ...  Read More

THD Analysis in Closed-Loop Analog PWM Class-D Amplifiers

P. Amiri; M. Kohestani; M. Seifouri

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2014, , Pages 1-5

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2014.36

Abstract
  In this paper, we investigate the parameters affecting Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and Power Supply Rejection Ratio (PSRR) in PWM Class D Amplifiers (CDAs) on the basis of linear models with feedback. From our mathematical analysis, we show that the THD of a PWM Class D amplifier with feedback can ...  Read More

Electromagnetic
Design and fabrication of Coaxial Plasma Waveguide Filter with the ability to reconfigure the Frequency band

S.H. Mohseni Armaki; M. Tohidlo; M. Kazerooni

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 75-84

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8668.542

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: This study aims to present a new structure based on coaxial waveguide, which can change the bandwidth, return losses, and input impedance by changing the plasma parameters of the coaxial waveguide. This structure consists of a metal body and a gas tube inside it, which uses ...  Read More

Alleviating the Small-Signal Oscillations of the SMIB Power System with the TLBO–FPSS and SSSC Robust Controller

H. Shayeghi; A. Ahmadpour; E. Mokaramian

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 163-170

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2017.789

Abstract
  Power systems are subjected to small–signal oscillations that can be caused by sudden change in the value of large loads. To avoid the dangers of these oscillations, the Power System Stabilizers (PSSs) are used. When the PSSs can not be effective enough, installation of the Thyristor–based ...  Read More

A Signal Processing Approach to Estimate Underwater Network Cardinalities with Lower Complexity

S.A. Hossain; A. Mallik; Md. A. Arefin

Volume 5, Issue 2 , July 2017, , Pages 131-138

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2017.702

Abstract
  An inspection of signal processing approach in order to estimate underwater network cardinalities is conducted in this research. A matter of key prominence for underwater network is its cardinality estimation as the number of active cardinalities varies several times due to numerous natural and artificial ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electrical Machines
Design of a Synchronous Reluctance Motor with New Hybrid Lamination Rotor Structure

R. Rouhani; S.E. Abdollahi; A. Gholamian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 October 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8604.532

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: The rotor of synchronous reluctance machines (SynRM) is conventionally designed and implemented in two types of axially-laminated anisotropic (ALA) and transversely-laminated anisotropic (TLA). Torque ripple and power factor have always been the design challenges of this machine; ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Linear Induction Motors
Model Predictive Control of Linear Induction Motor Drive with End Effect Consideration

P. Hamedani; S. Sadr

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 October 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9191.586

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Linear Induction Motors (LIMs) are favorite machines utilized in various industrial applications. But, due to the end effect phenomena, control of a LIM drive is more complicated than rotational machine drives. Therefore, selecting the proper control strategy for a LIM drive ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Wind Turbine
Development of Wind Turbine Fault Analysis Setup based on DFIG Hardware in the Loop Simulator

M. Kamarzarrin; M.H. Refan; P. Amiri; A. Dameshghi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 November 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.8849.556

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Renewable energy, like wind turbines, is growing rapidly in the world today due to environmental pollution, so their maintenance plans are very important. Fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant approaches are typical methods to reduce the cost of energy production and downtime ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electrical Machines
Design Optimization of the Delta-Shape Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Electric Vehicle Application

S. Nasr; B. Ganji; M. Moallem

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 November 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9207.587

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Due to exclusive advantages of the permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) such as large torque/power density, high efficiency and wide speed range in constant power region, special attention has been paid to these motors especially for electric vehicle (EV) application. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Information Hiding
An Improved Approach to Blind Image Steganalysis using an Overlapping Blocks Idea

V. Sabeti

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 November 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9241.592

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Steganalysis is the study of detecting messages hidden using steganography. Most steganalysis techniques, known as blind steganalysis, focus on extracting and classifying various statistical features from images. Consequently, researchers continually seek to improve the accuracy ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Communications
PAPR Reduction in OFDM UOWC System employing Repetitive Clipping and Filtering (RCF) method

B. Norsabbaghi; G. Baghersalimi; A. Pouralizadeh; O. Mohammadian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 December 2022

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2022.9061.569

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: High peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based Underwater Optical Wireless Communication (UOWC) systems is one of the most important reasons for out-of-band power and in-band distortion leading to the declination of system ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Deep Learning
Centrality and Latent Semantic Feature Random Walk (CSRW) in Large Network Embedding

M. Taherparvar; F. Ahmadi Abkenari; P. Bayat

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 January 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9279.600

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Embedding social networks has attracted researchers’ attention so far. The aim of network embedding is to learn a low-dimensional representation of each network vertex while maintaining the structure and characteristics of the network. Most of these existing network embedding ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Antenna Design
Mutual Coupling Reduction in MIMO Microstrip Antenna by Designing a Novel EBG with a Genetic Algorithm

R. Shirmohamadi; M. Bod; G. Dadashzadeh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 January 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9375.615

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) antennas have been of interest in wireless communications in recent years. In these systems, many antennas are placed next to each other. The most important issue in the design of MIMO antennas is mutual coupling. Many methods have been proposed ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Cryptography
Brand New Categories of Cryptographic Hash Functions: A Survey

B. Sefid-Dashti; J. Salimi Sartakhti; H. Daghigh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9271.598

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Cryptographic hash functions are the linchpins of mobile services, blockchains, and many other technologies. Designing cryptographic hash functions has been approached by research communities from the physics, mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering fields. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Electronics
Modeling transport in graphene-metal contact and verifying transfer length method characterization

B. Khosravi Rad; M. Khaje; A. Eslami Majd

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 09 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9266.597

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: One of the common methods for measuring the contact resistance of graphene sheets is the transfer length or transmission line method (TLM). Apart from the contact resistance, TLM gives the resistance of the channel sheet and the effective transfer length of the measured samples. ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Natural Language Processing
Actor Double Critic Architecture for Dialogue System

J. Salimi Sartakhti; Y. Saffari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9346.614

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Most of the recent dialogue policy learning ‎methods are based on reinforcement learning (RL). However, the basic RL ‎algorithms like deep Q-network, have drawbacks in environments with ‎large state and action spaces such as dialogue systems. Most of the ‎policy-based ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Antenna Design
Design of Miniaturized Microstrip Antenna with Semi-fractal Structure for GPS/GLONASS/Galileo Applications

S. Komeylian; M. Tayarani; S.H. Sedighi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9352.609

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Microstrip patch antennas are widely used due to their advantages of compact size and easy fabrication compared to other types. However, they have low-performance parameters. As a result, several techniques are used to improve performance parameters in newly designed microstrip ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Arduino Uno
GSM based Water Salinity Monitoring System for Water Gate Management in Salt Farms

M. D. Enriquez; A. P. N. Abella

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9564.633

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Salt production is an ancient industry that still used primitive or traditional systems of evaporation. As technology continues to prosper in all aspects of life; the use of technology-based products is still a challenge in salt production. With the tedious activities and processes ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Quantum Computing
1WQC pattern scheduling to minimize the number of physical qubits

E. Nikahd; M. Houshmand; M. Houshmand

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9374.613

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: One of the quantum computing models without a direct classical counterpart is one-way quantum computing (1WQC). The computations are represented by measurement patterns in this model. One of the main downsides of the 1WQC model is the much larger number of qubits in a measurement ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Artificial Intelligence
New platform for IoT Application Management based on fog computing

S. Kalantary; J. Akbari Torkestani; A. Shahidinejad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9489.626

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: With the great growth of applications sensitive to latency, and efforts to reduce latency and cost and to improve the quality of service on the Internet of Things ecosystem, cloud computing and communication between things and the cloud are costly and inefficient; Therefore, ...  Read More

Original Research Paper Computer Vision
DPRSMR: Deep learning-based Persian Road Surface Marking Recognition

S. H. Safavi; M. Sadeghi; M. Ebadpour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.22061/jecei.2023.9496.627

Abstract
  Background and Objectives: Persian Road Surface Markings (PRSMs) recognition is a prerequisite for future intelligent vehicles in Iran. First, the existence of Persian texts on the Road Surface Markings (RSMs) makes it challenging. Second, the RSM could appear on the road with different qualities, such ...  Read More

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