IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP1163J-PRT 978-1-4577-0730-8

2011 19th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2011)

Tehran, Iran 17-19 May 2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Novel Computational Approach to Solve Nonlinear Boundary Value Problems Using Extended Modal Series Method............................................................................................................................................................. 1

Amin Jajarmi, Hamidreza Ramezanpour, Naser Pariz, Ali Vahidian Kamyad

Adaptive Robust Backstepping Control Design for A Non-minimum Phase Model of Hard Disk Drives ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6

M. Ataollahi, H. H. Eghrary, H. D. Taghirad

High-Precision MOS-Trans-linear Loop-Based Squarer/Divider Circuit Free from Mobility Reduction.............................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Mahdi Tavassoli, A. Khoei, Kh. Hadidi

Power Quality Improvement using Active Filter Capability in Back to Back Convertor Installed for Variable Speed DFIG Wind Energy System ..................................................................................................................... 17

B. Behzad Jazi, H. A. Abyaneh, M. Abedi

A Practical Approach to Prescribe the Amount of Used Insulin of Diabetic Patients ................................................... 23Mehran Mazandarani, Ali Vahidian Kamyad

Design, Optimization and VSWR Improvement of a Standing Wave Longitudinal Slot Array on a Rectangular Waveguide ...................................................................................................................................................... 28

Ghaem Mahmoudi, Homayoon Oraizi, Kiarash Malekzadeh, Mahmud T. Noghani

An Approach to Transient Analysis of Bang-Bang Phase locked Loops for Phase Step Inputs ................................... 33Fatemeh Mohseni Kolagar, Hossein Miar Naimi

A Subthreshold 8-bit 78.4nw 17.8 kS/s 0.18um SAR ADC for RFID Sensing Applications .......................................... 39I. Kianpour, M. Baghaei-Nejad, Li-Rong Zheng

A Novel Array Geometry to Improve DOA Estimation of Narrowband Sources at the Angles Close to the Array Endfire ................................................................................................................................................................ 44

Shahriar Shirvani Moghaddam, Farida Akbari, Vahid Tabataba Vakili

Simultaneous Scheduling of Energy & Spinning Reserve Considering Customer and Supplier Choice on Reliability............................................................................................................................................................ 50

M. Khodayari, M. Mahdavi, H. Monsef

An Ultra Low Voltage Ultra Low Power Folded Cascode CMOS LNA Using Forward Body Bias Technology for GPS application......................................................................................................................................... 56

Ehsan Kargaran, Ghazal Nabovati, Khalil Mafinezhad, Hooman Nabovati

On the Optimum Design of 3-RPR Parallel Mechanisms................................................................................................. 60Mohammad Hossein Saadatzi, Mehdi Tale Masouleh, Hamid D. Taghirad Clement Gosselin, Philippe Cardou

Improving Fuzzy-Rough Quick Reduct for Feature Selection......................................................................................... 66Javad Rahimipour Anaraki, Mahdi Eftekhari

Automatic Epilepsy Detection Using the Instantaneous Frequency and Sub-Band Energies of the EEG Signals ............................................................................................................................................... 72

Mohammad Fani, Ghasem Azemi

Chaos Synchronization of Fractional-Order Lorenz System with Unscented Kalman Filter ....................................... 77Komeil Nosrati, Ali Shokouhi Rostami, Naser Pariz, Asad Azemi

An Energy-Aware Methodology for Mapping and Scheduling of Concurrent Applications in MPSoC Architectures........................................................................................................................................................................ 83

Ramin Rajaei, Shaahin Hessabi, Bijan Vosoughi Vahdat

Decentralized Model Predictive Load-Frequency Control for Multi –Area Interconnected Power Systems ................................................................................................................................................................................. 89

Q. Shafiee, A. Morattab, H. Bevrani

High Performance Shunt Active Power Filter Based on Flying Capacitor Multilevel Inverter using Multi-Stage ΣΔ Modulator.................................................................................................................................................. 95

Jalal Amini

Fuzzy Multi-Objective Reactive Power Clearing by a Fuzzy Adaptive PSO Approach .............................................. 101A. H. Khazali , A. Parizad , M. Asgari, H. Golzar, M. Kalantar

A New Efficient Method to Calculate Spatial Green's Functions of Filament Sources................................................ 107Z. H. Firouzeh, Guy A. E. Vandenbosch, R. Moini, S. H. H. Sadeghi, R. Faraji-Dana

A Compact and Broadband Backward Coupler with High Coupling-Level Based on Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line ............................................................................................................................ 111

Rasool Keshavarz, Masoud Movahhedi, Ahmad Hakimi

A Fully Programmable MFG with a New Analog Programmable Current Mirror for Slop Tuning of Membership Functions...................................................................................................................................................... 116

Amin Khalilzadegan, Abdollah Khoei, Khayrollah Hadidi

Transient Stability Enhancement in Power System with Distributed Static Series Compensator (DSSC) ........................................................................................................................................................ 122

S. Golshannavaz, M. Mokhtari, M. Khalilian, D. Nazarpour

SSR Suppression via STATCOM in Series Compensated Wind Farm Integrations ................................................... 128S. Golshannavaz, M. Mokhtari, D. Nazarpour

The Reduction of Linear Receivers Complexity in Ovelapped Alamouti Code Family............................................... 134Mostafa Shahabinejad, S. Saleh Hosseini Bidaki, Siamak Talebi, Sara Abasi

A Novel Multi-Objective Modified Honey Bee Mating Optimization Algorithm for Economic/Emission Dispatch ............................................................................................................................................ 139

Hasan Doagou Mojarrad, Taher Niknam, Hamed Zeinoddini Meymand, Hassan Rastegar

Buckling Severity Diagnosis in Power Transformer Windings using Euclidean Distance Classifier ......................... 145K. Pourhossein, G. B. Gharehpetian, E. Rahimpour

On Radiation Characteristics of a Plasma Triangular Monopole Antenna.................................................................. 149Fatemeh Etesami, Farzad Mohajeri

A CMOS Reference-less Membership Function Generator ........................................................................................... 153Ali Baradaranrezaeii, Mohammad Zarei, Amin Khalilzadegan, Abdollah Khoei, Khayrollah Hadidi

Robust LSB Watermarking Optimized for Local Structural Similarity....................................................................... 159Amin Banitalebi Dehkordi, Said Nader Esfahani, Alireza Nasiri Avanaki

Using Weighted Multilevel Wavelet Decomposition for Wideband Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radios.............................................................................................................................................. 165

Sajjad Imani, Amin Banitalebi Dehkordi, Mahmoud Kamarei

A Technique for NoC Routing Based on Extended Compact Genetic Optimization Algorithm................................. 170Zahra Emrani, Karim Mohammadi

An Optimized High Gain CMOS LNA using Simulated Annealing and Modified Genetic Algorithm...................... 174Shervin Ehrampoosh, Ahmad Hakimi, Hamid Reza Naji

Low Frequency Oscillations Damping by Static Synchronous Series Compensator Equipped with an Auxiliary Fuzzy Logic Controller..................................................................................................................................... 180

S. Golshannavaz, M. Farsadi, D. Nazarpour

Modified Bacterial Foraging Algorithm Applied to Economic Dispatch Problem and Comparison with other Solutions ........................................................................................................................................................... 186

Fateme Nournjad, Rasool Kazemzadeh

Damping of Parallel AC-DC Power System Oscillations Using LQG/LTR Controller Approach ............................. 192K. Rahmani, M. S. Naderi, G. B. Gharehpetian

Kinematics and Workspace Analysis of a Novel 3-DOF Spatial Parallel Robot .......................................................... 198S. Ali A. Moosavian, Ali A. Nazari, Ayyub Hasani

Designing of Optimum Silicon Piezo Resistive Micro Cantilever of Flow Meters using Genetic Algorithm ............................................................................................................................................................. 204

Parastoo Nozari, Amir Abolfazl Suratgar, Korosh Khorshidi, Norollah Moosavi

Seamless Transfer of Three-Phase Grid-Interactive Microturbine Inverter Between Grid-Connected and Stand-Alone Modes .................................................................................................................................................... 210

Mahmoud Ranjbar, Hassan Ebrahimirad, Saeed Mohaghegh, Amirpirooz Ghaleh

Theoretical and Practical Considerations Relating to Design High-Voltage IGBT Valve........................................... 216Mahmoud Ranjbar, Mohammad Farzi, Ahmad Ale Ahmad, Adib Abrishamifar

A New Novel Dual-Band Circularly-Polarized Microstrip Antenna ............................................................................. 222Behzad Naimian, Mohammad H. Neshati

Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization for Economic Dispatch Problem with Valve-Point Effect........................... 226Vahid Hosseinnezhad, Mehrdad Tarafdar Hagh, Ebrahim Babaei

Neuro-Fuzzy-Discrete Sliding Mode Control of a Tree-Link SCARA Robot............................................................... 230Sajad Shoja Majidabad, Ali Akbarzadeh Kalat, Heydar Toossian Shandiz

Class Dependent Feature Transformation for Intrusion Detection Systems ................................................................ 236Mehdi Mohammadi, Bijan Raahemi, Ahmad Akbari, Babak Nassersharif

Multi Objective Optimization of Drug Regimens in Cancer Chemotherapy Using a PK-PD Model ......................... 242Yazdan Batmani, Hamid Khaloozadeh

Controlling Ferroresonance Oscillations in Potential Transformer: ............................................................................ 248Hamid Radmanesh, Seyed Hamid Fathi, Mehrdad Rostami, Rozbeh Kamali

Improving the Performance of MDA by Finding the Best Subspaces Dimension Based on LDA for Face Recognition................................................................................................................................................................ 253

Ali Akbar Shams Baboli, Samad Araghi, Aref Shams Baboli, Gholamali Rezai Rad

A Fast Lock Time Pulsewidth Control Loop using Second Order Passive Loop Filters ............................................. 258M. M. Navidi, A. Abrishamifar

A Robust Parametric Active Contour Model for Target Tracking using Modified Energies: Virtual Electric Field and Motion-based Balloon......................................................................................................................... 263

Mahdi Peymani, Payman Moallem

Power System Dynamic Model Including Dynamic Voltage Restorer .......................................................................... 269Maryam Moazen, Ebrahim Babaei

A Wideband Dual-Mode VCO with Analog and Digital Automatic Amplitude Control Circuitry............................ 275Fatemeh Ataei, Mohammad Yavari

Security-Constrained Transmission Expansion Planning: A Multi-Objective Approach ........................................... 281Tohid Akbari, Ashkan Rahimi-Kian, Mohamad Heidarizadeh

Numerical Investigation and Experimental Study of Two Novel Band-Reject DGS Filters With a Very High Q-Factor .................................................................................................................................................................... 287

Mostafa Attaran Kakhki, Mohammad H. Neshati

Resolution Enhanced Latch Comparator ........................................................................................................................ 291Khosrov Dabbagh Sadeghipour

Design of a New mm-Wave Low Power LNA in 0.18 μm CMOS Technology.............................................................. 296N. Seiedhosseinzadeh, A. Nabavi, B. H. Seyedhosseinzadeh

A Subthreshold Ultra Low Power 22fJ/conversion Flash ADC for RFID Sensing Applications ................................ 300I. Kianpour, M. Baghaei-Nejad, S. M. A. Zeinolabedin, Li-Rong Zheng

A Comparative Study of Spectral Purity of a Fractional-N Frequency Synthesizer for WiMAX Applications Employing Several Dithering Techniques ................................................................................................. 304

Mohsen Tamaddon, Abdolreza Nabavi

Modified Sequential Regression Algorithm..................................................................................................................... 310Mehdi Mehranpour, Javad Nourinia, Changiz Ghobadi

Optimization and Characterization of Advanced Solar Cells Based on Thin-Film a-Si:H/Sige Hetero-Structure............................................................................................................................................................................. 314

Abdolnabi Kosarian, Peyman Jelodarian

Optimal Grasp Planning for Cooperative Manipulators................................................................................................ 319Farzad Cheraghpour Samavati, S. Ali A. Moosavian, Ali Nahvi

Optical Sensing by Use of Silica Nanowires Immersed in Liquid .................................................................................. 325Mohammad Mohebbi, Yousef Seifi

Boost PFC Converters with Integral and Double Integral Sliding Mode Control ....................................................... 329F. Harirchi, A. Rahmati, A. Abrishamifar

Design and Analysis of a High-Linear UWB CMOS Mixer ........................................................................................... 335Saeed Gholami, Hossein Shamsi, Hossein Mirzaie, Davood Mirzahosseini

Out-Band Interference Rejection in UWB LNA Receiver using Coupled Inductors in 3.1-10.6 GHz........................ 339Ebrahim Abiri, Mohammad Reza Salehi, Hossein Rezaei, Soodeh Arab

Prediction of Acute Hypotension Episodes Using Logistic Regression Model and Support Vector Machine: A Comparative Study ....................................................................................................................................... 345

Amin Janghorbani, Abdollah Arasteh, Mohammad Hassan Moradi

A Rate-3/2 Full-Diversity 4×3 Space-Time Code with Reduced ML Decoding for Three Transmit Antennas ............................................................................................................................................................ 349

Hazhir Ghasemnezhad, Mohammad J. Dehghani, Sam Ranjbar

A New Int2Int High Capacity Robust Steganography Method with LSB 1/3 and Rounding Method for Embedding Message .......................................................................................................................................................... 355

Sara Ershadi Nasab, Hassan Aghaeinia

Effect of Induction Motors Mechanical Load on its Model for Purpose of Static Voltage Stability Analysis............................................................................................................................................................................... 361

Mostafa Sharifzadeh, Habibollah Raoufi

Refinement of AODV Routing Algorithm for Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs)....................................................... 367Mohsen Imani, Behnam Hassanabadi, Majid Naderi

Call Admission Control Based on Stability Criterion for Wireless Cellular Networks ............................................... 373Abdorasoul Ghasemi

Design and Implementation of ANC Algorithm for Engine Noise Reduction inside an Automotive Cabin using TMS320C5510 .............................................................................................................................................. 378

Mohammad Ehsan Haji Ramezan Ali, Mahmoud Ahmadian Attari

Power System Load Forecasting Based on MHBMO Algorithm and Neural Network ............................................... 384Abdollah Kavousifard, Haidar Samet

Audio Steganography by Using of Linear Predictive Coding Analysis in the Safe Places of Discrete Wavelet Transform Domain ............................................................................................................................................. 390

Mahdi Khademi, Mohammad Ali Tinati

Measurement of Multiple Flickers Voltage Signal Parameters ..................................................................................... 395Mehdi Mardani, Kazem Mazlumi, Abolfazl Jalilvand

Robust Chaotic Parameter Modulation Based On Hybrid Extended Kalman Filter and Hidden Markov Model Detector .................................................................................................................................................... 401

N. Farjad-Pezeshk, V. Asadpour

H ∞ Adaptive Fuzzy Control of a Class of Time-delayed Chaotic Systems with Dead-zone Input H......................... 405Dena Karimipour, Paknoosh Karimaghaee

Using Self-adaptive Coupled Piecewise Nonlinear Chaotic Map for Color Image Encryption Scheme..................... 411Seyed Mohammad Seyedzadeh, Seyyed Mohammad Sadegh Moosavi, Sattar Mirzakuchaki

Improving False Positive In Bloom Filter........................................................................................................................ 417Farzaneh Sadat Tabataba, Masoud Reza. Hashemi

A New Model Free Approach to Simultaneously Stabilizing ......................................................................................... 422H. Parastvand, M. J. Khosrowjerdi, A. Akbari Alvanegh

A 1.6GHz 16×16-bit Low-Latency Pipelined Booth Multiplier...................................................................................... 428Habib Ghasemizadeh, Edris Azadi, Khayrollah Hadidi, Abdollah Khoei

Modelling and Quantification of Valve Stiction by Unknown Input Estimation.......................................................... 434Y. Arbabi Yazdi, B. Samadi

Improvement on Q.Xie Threshold Proxy Signature Scheme Against Collusion Attack.............................................. 440M. Beheshti Atashgah, M. Bayat, M. Gardeshi, M. R. Aref

An Improved Tabu Search Algorithm and PSO for Unit Commitment Problem Solving .......................................... 445Ahmad Ali Khatibzadeh, Ghafur Ahmad Khanbeigi, Mohamad Mehdi Bamdadian, Heresh Naderi, Mohamad Kazem Sheikh-El-Eslami

Analysis and Simulation of LCL Resonant Inverter for Low Cold Resistance Application........................................ 451Navid Shafiei, Hosein Farzanehfard, S. Reza Motahari, H. Reza Mesgarzadeh

A Model of Optical Micro Electro Mechanical Pressure Sensor Using Artificial Neural Networks........................... 456Mahdi Khosravi, Amir Abolfazl Suratgar

Maximum Relevance, Minimum Redundancy Band Selection for Hyperspectral Images.......................................... 461Mehdi Kamandar, Hassan Ghassemian

A CMOS Low Noise Amplifier for DVB-H Receiver...................................................................................................... 466Mehdi Sadatgol, Shariar B. Shokouhi

A Pattern Recognition Based Handoff Algorithm for Micro-Cellular Systems ........................................................... 472Yadollah Salahshuori, Ghasem Azemi

A Novel Method to Improve Linearity of High Frequency Circuits Designed with PD SOI MOSFET ..................... 478Arash Daghighi, Neda Pourdavoud

Stray Capacitance Calculation of a MCG Having n Turns With Multi Layers Filamentary Conductor In Rectangular Cross-Section by VRH Model ................................................................................................................ 483

Majid Ezati Mosleh, Mohammd Reza Besmi

Direct path and Multipath Cancellation in Passive Radars Using Subband Variable Step-Size LMS Algorithm ........................................................................................................................................................................... 489

M. Masjedi, M. Modarres-Hashemi, S. Sadri

Demodulation of Sparse PPM Signals with Low Samples Using Trained RIP Matrix ................................................ 494Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mahrokh G. Shayesteh, Mehdi Chehel Amirani

Frequency Scanning in the Uniform Leaky-Wave Antenna Based on Nonradiative Dielectric (NRD) Waveguide .......................................................................................................................................................................... 498

P. Pahlavan, M. Sharifi Sorkherizi, A. Tadjalli, S. R. Hosseini

Induction Motor Parameter Estimation Based on the Nonlinear State Space Model.................................................. 503Alireza Dehghani-Pilehvarani, Maryam Dehghani

Clutter Edge Detection and Estimation of Field Parameters in Radar Detection ........................................................ 508Ali Ghobadzadeh, Abdollah Pourmottaghi, Mohammad Reza Taban

An Improved Real-Time Target Tracking Algorithm by Kalman Predictor in Wavelet Domain.............................. 514Amoon Mehdi, Hamghalam Mohammad, Aghaee Mostafa, Rezai-Rad Gholam-Ali

Modelling of Tank Effect in Transformer Winding Radial Deformation Monitoring using UWB Sensors ........................................................................................................................................................... 520

G. Mokhtari, G. B. Gharehptian, R. Faraji-Dana, M. A. Hejazi

Similarity Aggregation in Ontology Matching Based on Reliability Maximization ..................................................... 524Mahboobeh Houshmand, Esmaile Khorram

A Duty Cycle Corrector Based Frequency Multiplier .................................................................................................... 530M. M. Navidi, A. Abrishamifar

A Very Compact Filter Using Defected Microstrip Structure with Island ................................................................... 534M. Kazerooni, M. A. Salari, A. Cheldavi, M. Kamarei

Modeling and Power Quality Improvement of Turbo-Expander Driving an Induction Generator ........................... 539Mehdi Taleshian, Hasan Rastegar, Hossein Askarian Abyaneh

Optimal PMU Placement for Full Observability and Dynamic Stability Assessment ................................................. 545B. Shayanfard, M. Dehghani, A. Khayatian

A Novel DGS Applied to Design Lowpass Filter ............................................................................................................. 551Foad Bahmani, Javad Nourinia, Changiz Ghobadi, Saeid Pirani

On the Importance of Phase and Magnitude Spectra in Speech Enhancement ........................................................... 556Erfan Loweimi, Seyed Mohammad Ahadi, Samira Loveymi

Optimal DG Allocation by Extending an Analytical Method to Minimize Losses in Radial Distribution Systems ............................................................................................................................. 562

Reza Karbalaei Hosseini, Rasool Kazemzadeh

Robust Speech Recognition using Spectral Subtraction and Temporal Structure Normalization ............................. 568Naghmeh Moradi, Babak Nasersharif, Ahmad Akbari

Harmonic Suppression Slot Antenna Using Rectangular Defected Ground Structure ............................................... 573Mohammad Saeid Ghaffarian, Gholamreza Moradi, Reza Zaker

A Self-Organized Communication Efficient Clustering Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks ............................. 577Meisam Nesary Moghadam, Arman Zare, Hasan Taheri

A Modified Approach for Image Compression Based on Fuzzy Transform ................................................................ 583Fatemeh Ghofrani, Mohammad Sadegh Helfroush

Enhanced SVD-QR-T FCM for Adaptive Channel Selection in Virtual MIMO based WSNs ................................... 589Javad Mirzaee, Bahman Abolhassani, Milad Johnny

Analysis of a Source Hetrojunction LDMOS Device with Strained Silicon Channel................................................... 595V. Fathipour, M. A. Malakoutian, S. Fathipour, M. Fathipour

A New Design Technique for Propagation Delay and Power Reduction in the CML Buffers .................................... 600Mohsen Javadi, Nasser Masoumi, Samad Sheikhaei

A Hybrid Overlay-Underlay Strategy for OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio systems and Its Maximum Achievable Capacity .......................................................................................................................................................... 606

Farhad Arpanaei, Keivan Navaie, Said Nader Esfahani

Design and Analysis of a Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetector for Low BER Free Space Optical Communication ......................................................................................................................................... 612

Ali Mir, Vahid Ahmadi

Controlling Ferroresonance Oscillations in Potential Transformer: Part I ................................................................. 617Hamid Radmanesh, Seyed Hamid Fathi, Rozbeh Kamali, Mehrdad Rostami

An Improved Method for Eigenvalue Assignment of LTI Multivariable Systems by State Feedback ....................... 621Ali Enshaee, Mohammad Ataei

Fingerprint Matching Using Genetic Algorithm and Triangle Descriptors ................................................................. 627Mohsen Ghazvini, Hiwa Sufikarimi, Karim Mohammadi

Hierarchical Method for Brain MRI Segmentation Based on using Atlas Information and Least Square Support Vector Machine ...................................................................................................................................... 633

Keyvan Kasiri, Kamran Kazemi, Mohammad Javad Dehghani, Mohammad Sadegh Helfroush

Improving the Performance of MPCA+MDA for Face Recognition ............................................................................. 638Seyyedeh Maryam Hosseyni Nia, Fatemeh Roosta, Ali Akbar Shams Baboli, Gholamali Rezai Rad

Dual-band/Dual-mode e Negative Resonance Antenna .................................................................................................. 643Seyed Mohammad Saeed Majedi, Amir Reza Attari

Discriminative Transformations of Speech Features Based on...................................................................................... 647Behzad Zamani, Ahmad Akbari, Babak Nasersharif, Azarakhsh Jalalvand

A Novel Compensation Method for Microstrip Right-Angled Bend Discontinuity Using Defected Ground Structure .............................................................................................................................................................. 652

Omid Hoseini Izadi, Mohammad Khalaj Amirhosseini

A Multiband Planar Monopole Antenna with Five Branches for Wireless Communication Devices ........................ 656Seyed Ehsan Hosseini, Amir Reza Attari, Seyed Mohammad Saeed Majedi

Spectrum Analysis of Multiple PRF Radars Based on the Compressive Sensing Method .......................................... 660F. Talaei, M. Modarres-Hashemi, S. Sadri

Modeling and Optimized Scheduling of Virtual Power Plant ........................................................................................ 666Hamid Taheri, Hassan Ghasemi, Ashkan Rahimi-Kian, Tohid Akbari

A New Method for Speed Sensorless Vector Control of Single-Phase Induction Motor using Extended Kalman Filter.......................................................................................................................................... 672

M. Jannati, E. Fallah

Direct Torque and Indirect Flux Control of Brushless DC Motor with Non-sinusoidal Back-EMF without Position Sensor ..................................................................................................................................................... 677

Reza Heidari, Gholamreza Arab Markadeh, Saeed Abazari

Input Pump Pulse Energy Optimisation to Maximise Four-Wave Mixing Conversion Efficiency in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier .................................................................................................................................... 682

S. R. Hosseini, M. Razaghi, N. K. Das, V. Ahmadi

Fundamental Mode Fluxgate Magnetometers For Active Magnetic Shielding ............................................................ 686S. Razmkhah, M. J. Eshraghi, F. Forooghi, F. Sarreshtedari, M. Fardmanesh

Modeling and Identification of Catalytic Reformer Unit using Locally Linear Model Trees ..................................... 690Mohammad Mokhtare, Somayeh Hekmati Vahed, Mahdi Aliyari Shoorehdeli, Alireza Fatehi

A Novel Geometric Approach for Mitigating NLOS Effects in Wireless Location Estimation................................... 696Mohammad Ali Soleimani, Ahmad R. Sharafat

Short Circuit Level and Loss Reduction by Allocating TCSC and UPFC using Particle Swarm Optimization ...................................................................................................................................................................... 702

H. R. Baghaee, A. Kashefi Kaviani, M. Mirsalim, G. B. Gharehpetian

Towards better GMM-based Acoustic Modeling for Spoken Language Identification ............................................... 708Fahime Ghasemian, Mohammad Mahdi Homayounpour

Design of a Ku-band Gilbert Mixer with Gain, Noise Figure and Linearity Enhancement ........................................ 712Hedieh Elyasi, Abdolreza Nabavi

A New Low Power Profile for Mixed-Signal Design of SARADC in Wireless Sensor Network Applications........................................................................................................................................................................ 718

S. Roshany, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi

Detecting ADHD Children Using Symbolic Dynamic of Nonlinear Features of EEG ................................................. 724A. Allahverdy, Ali Moti Nasrabadi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

A Modified Disk Expansion Method for Segmentation of Ultrasound Images............................................................. 728Kamran Binaee, Reza P. R. Hasanzadeh

Enhanced Bandwidth-Efficiency Product of Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes using Microring-Based Structures ................................................................................................................................................................ 734

M. Hosseinifar, V. Ahmadi, Gh. Abaeiani

Effects of Higher-order Dispersions on Soliton-effect Pulse Compression in a Silicon Photonic Nanowire.................................................................................................................. 738

Mohammad Mohebbi, Hadi Khormaei

Performance Analysis of Best Selection DF Relay Networks over Nakagami-n Fading Channels ............................. 744Ashkan Kalantari, Ehsan Soleimani-Nasab, Mehrdad Ardebilipour

Wideband Speech Coding Using ADPCM and a New Spectral Replication Method Based on Parametric Stereo Coding................................................................................................................................................. 749

Mohammad Ghaderi, Mohammad H. Savoji

Low Cost and Precise Localization in a Remote-Powered Wireless Sensor and Identification System ..................... 753Majid Baghaei-Nejad, Li-Rong Zheng

An SVD-Based Watermarking Scheme Using SA Algorithm and Compared to GA based Method .......................... 758Z. Kazemi, M. Vahedian, V. Asadpour

Expert Finding on Social Network with Link Analysis Approach ................................................................................ 763Ahmad Kardan, Amin Omidvar, Farzad Farahmandnia

Skeleton Network Reconfiguration for System Restoration in Restructured Power Industry ................................... 769Hamireza Jafarian, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, Mohammad Hossein Javidi

A New Bulk-Driven High Performance (Differential Static CMOS Logic) DSCL with Low Capacitive Loads............................................................................................................................................... 775

Zohreh Kiaee, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi

Activity Aware Clock Gated Storage Element Design .................................................................................................... 781Hossein Karimiyan Alidash, Sayed Masoud Sayedi

A Gas Sensor System Coupled to an Artificial Neural Network Capable of Self-Calibration against Ambient Humidity and Temperature Fluctuations ........................................................................................................ 785

Mohammadreza Hajmirzaheydarali, Ali Hooshiar Zare

A New Fuzzy Input Selection Technique to Increase Routing Efficiency for Network-On-Chip ............................... 790Ebrahim Behrouzian Nejad, Ahmad Khademzadeh, Kambiz Badie, Amir Masoud Rahmani

A Hybrid Approach for Fault Tolerance in Robotics ..................................................................................................... 796Hamid Abdi, Saeid Nahavandi, Masoud Abdi

Comparison of TCSC and PSS State Feedback Controller Performances on Damping of Power System Oscillations using PSO ......................................................................................................................................... 801

Saeid Jalilzadeh, Reza Noroozian, M. Reza Safari Tirtashi, Peyman Farhang

Joint ICI and IBI Cancelation for Underwater Acoustic MIMO-OFDM Systems ...................................................... 806Mojtaba Beheshti, Mohammad Javad Omidi, Ali Mohammad Doost-Hoseini

A New Method for Detection of a Distributed Event in Wireless Sensor Networks..................................................... 811Mina Moradi, Jafar Ghaisari, Javad Askari, Mohammad Gorji

Estimating Overheads of OpenMP Directives................................................................................................................. 816Sareh Doroodian, Nima Ghaemian, Mohsen Sharifi

A Fully Integrated CMOS Low Noise Amplifier for IEEE 802.11a Standard Applications ....................................... 821Adel Pourmand, Esmaeil Najafi Aghdam, Amir Zahedi

A Modified Device for Real-Time Observation of Biological Cells Exposed to Microwaves at GSM Frequencies ................................................................................................................. 825

N. Firoozy, M. Saviz, R. Faraji-Dana

NARMA-L2 Controller for Three-area Load Frequency Control ................................................................................ 831Mohsen Rezaei Adaryani, Hossein Afrakhte

A GPU Based Simulation of Multilayer Spiking Neural Networks ............................................................................... 837Arash Ahmadi, Hamid Soleimani

Fair, Optimized Routing Protocol Based on Fuzzy Variables in Wireless Sensor Networks ...................................... 842Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, Afsane Zahmatkesh, Abdoreza Hassani Torshizi

MREEP: A QoS based Routing Protocol for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks ................................................. 848Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh, Mohammad Hossein Yaghmaee, Najmeh Najmi Toroghi, Sousan Parvizy, Abdoreza Hassani Torshizi

Exploiting Observation Quality Information to Enhance the Steady-State Performance of Incremental LMS Adaptive Networks ............................................................................................................................. 854

Amir Rastegarnia, Mohammad Ali Tinati, Azam Khalili

Practical Approach for Traffic Engineering with Suboptimal OSPF Routing............................................................. 859Touraj Shabanian, Ahmad Askarian

A Numerical Study on Base Geometry of Transistor Laser: Quantum-Well Location Effect .................................... 864Iman Taghavi, Hassan Kaatuzian

Direct Solution of Distribution System Load Flow Using Forward/Backward Sweep................................................. 868Abdullah Mahmoudi, Seyed Hossein Hosseinian

Unsupervised Estimation of Conceptual Classes for Semantic Image Annotation ...................................................... 874Farshad Teimoori, Hojatollah Esmaili, Ali Asghar Beheshti Shirazi

Detailed Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Photoreceptor Cells Exposed to Electromagnetic Fields................... 880Ali Molaei, Mehrdad Saviz, Reza Faraji-Dana

A Novel Multi-clustering Method for Hierarchical Clusterings Based on Boosting .................................................... 886Elaheh Rashedi, Abdolreza Mirzaei

Joint Routing Tree Construction and Centralized Scheduling in WiMAX Mesh Networks ....................................... 890Roozbeh Jalali, Siavash Khorsandi

SMES and CES Controllers Design for Load Frequency Stabilization in Two-area Interconnected System ...................................................................................................................................................... 896

Javad Gholinezhad, M. Reza Safari Tirtashi, Reza Noroozian

An Efficient Fast Algorithm to Select the Best Spanning Tree in Metro Ethernet Networks ..................................... 902Foroogh Torki, Ghasem Mirjalily, Reza Saadat

Scheduling of Hybrid Chemical Plants using First-Order Hybrid Petri Nets .............................................................. 907Mohsen Vatani, Ali Doustmohammadi, Mohammad Bagher Menhaj

Generalized Projective Synchronization of Time-Delayed Chaotic Systems via Sliding Adaptive Radial Basis Function Neural Network Control ............................................................................................................. 912

Negin Farzbod, Hassan Zarabadipour, Mahdi Aliyari Shoorehdeli, Faezeh Farivar

A New Low Power-Delay-Product, Low-area, Parallel Prefix Adder With Reduction of Graph Energy.................. 918M. Moghaddam, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi

A Highly Linear LNA with Noise Cancellation for 5.8-10.6 GHz UWB Receivers ...................................................... 924Rana Mirzalou, Abdolreza Nabavi, Ghafar Darvish

Optimal Multi-Cycle Cyclostationarity-based Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Networks.............................. 930Hamed Sadeghi, Paeiz Azmi, Hamid Arezumand

Investigation of Double Recessed Gate SiC MESFETs with Different Recessed Lengths ........................................... 936M. Razavi, Ali A. Orouji, Seyed Ebrahim Hosseini

Parameters Estimation of an Exponentially Damped Sinusoidal Signal Using Adaptive Identifier........................... 940M. A. Ghadiri-Modarres, M. Mojiri, B. Karimi

A Highly-Linear Modified Pseudo-Differential Current Starved Delay Element with Wide Tuning Range .................................................................................................................................................................................. 944

M. Moazedi, A. Abrishamifar, A. M. Sodagar

Fuzzy Improved Genetic K-means Algorithm................................................................................................................. 948Arezoo Bozorgnia, Samaneh Hajy Mahdizadeh Zargar, Mohammad. H Yaghmaee

Outage Probability of Hybrid Cellular-Adhoc CDMA Networks ................................................................................. 954Neda Banivaheb, Keivan Navaie

A Novel Contextual Classification of Hyperspectral Data Using Probabilistic Label Relaxation Process .................................................................................................................................................. 960

Mahdi Khodadadzadeh, Hassan Ghassemian

A Nonlinear Power System Stabilizer Based on Solving HJB1 Equation, Supported by an EKF2 for State Estimation ...................................................................................................................................... 965

M. Diba, E. Fallah

Online Fast Failure Recovery in Metro Ethernet Networks .......................................................................................... 971Behdad Heidarpour, Ghasem Mirjalily, Reza Saadat

Adaptive Control for a Class of Hysteretic Systems ....................................................................................................... 976Seyyed Hossein Mousavi, Alireza Khayatian

Frequency Weighted H∞ Model Reduction Using LMIs................................................................................................ 982Mirhamed Mola Gharehbagh, Maryam Dehghani

Electric Field Effects on Multiple Quantum Wells Slow Light Device.......................................................................... 987Hossein Shokri Kojori, Hassan Kaatuzian, Abdolber Mallah

Joint Transceiver Design for Uplink MIMO MC-CDMA Systems ............................................................................... 991H. Zamiri-Jafarian, M. Rajabzadeh

A Risk-Based Bidding Strategy in an Electricity Multimarket...................................................................................... 996Javid Khorasani, Habib Rajabi Mashhadi

Mass Detection in Mammograms Using GA based PCA and Haralick Features Selection....................................... 1002Sayedmasoud Hashemi Amroabadi, Mohammad Reza Ahmadzadeh, Ali Hekmatnia

A JPEG Resistance Watermarking Technique in Wavelet Domain Based on Turbo Codes .................................... 1006Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Mohammad Arabzadeh, Habibollah Danyali, Kamran Kazemi

A Stochastic Evaluation Methodology for Wire Segmentation in FPGAs for Optimum Performance .................... 1010Anahita Bagheri, Nasser Masoumi

Mitigation of Voltage Sags in a Sample Distribution System Using Flexible D-STATCOM..................................... 1016Amin Nazarloo, Meisam Sadeghi, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Ebrahim Babaei

Stochastic Self-Scheduling of Hydro Units in Joint Energy and Reserves Markets................................................... 1022A. Ahmadi, J. Aghaei, H. A. Shayanfar

Load Frequency Control of Interconnected Power System Using Brain Emotional Learning Based Intelligent Controller....................................................................................................................................................... 1027

Ehsan Bijami, Rohollah Abshari, Seyed Morteza Saghaiannejad, Javad Askari

A Low Power Configurable Analogue Block................................................................................................................. 1033Yasha Karimi, Adib Abrishamifar

Investigating the Impact of Static Load Models on Islanding Detection..................................................................... 1038Amir Mahboobynejad, Mohamad Esmail Hamedani Golshan, Abolfazl Hadadzadeh

An Improved Method for Eigenvalue Assignment of LTI Multivariable Systems by State Feedback ..................... 1043Ali Enshaee, Mohammad Ataei

Comparison of Linear based Feature Transformations to Improve Speech Recognition Performance .................. 1049Yasser Shekofteh, Farshad Almasganj, Mohammad Mohsen Goodarzi

Sequential Circuits Reliability Analysis using Conditional Probabilities ................................................................... 1053Hadi Jahanirad, Karim Mohammadi, Pejman Attarsharghi

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Crosstalk Noise in Partially Coupled Nano Scale VLSI Interconnects ................ 1057Golnaz Fattah, Nasser Masoumi, Ahmad Hakimi

Characterization of a High-Q On-Chip Transmission Line for CMOS MMIC Applications ................................... 1063M. Fahimnia, M. Mohammad-Taheri, B. Biglarbeigian, S. Safavi-Naeini

Time Varying Formation Control Using Feedback Information Differential Game Approach ............................... 1067Foroogh Shamsi, Farzaneh Abdollahi, Seyyed Kamaleddin Yadavar Nikravesh

Overcurrent Relay Coordination Using MINLP Technique ........................................................................................ 1073Javad Gholinezhad, Kazem Mazlumi, Peyman Farhang

Improvement the Radiation Properties of Small Antenna with Metamaterial Cell Arrays ...................................... 1079Iraj Arghand Lafmajani, Pejman Rezaei

Design and Implementationof FPGA Based Novel Blind Carrier Frequency Estimation for Wireless Communications ..................................................................................................................... 1083

Samira Ghadrdan, Mohammad Amin Shirvani Harandi, Amir Hajirassouliha, Ali Moeinyavari

A Linear Switching Control Approach for DC–DC Converters.................................................................................. 1089Mohammad Ali Bagherzadeh, Jafar Ghaisari, Salar Rahili

Superiority of the 3rd Order Approximation Model to the 2nd Order in Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging ................... 1095Armin Iraji, Esmaeil Davoodi-Bojd, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Gholam-Ali Hossein-Zadeh

Detection of Myocardial Infarction using High-Frequency QRS Components .......................................................... 1101A. Heidarnejad, S. K. Setarehdan, Vr. Nafisi

Single and Multiple Relay Selection Schemes with Optimum Relay Factors in Wireless Sensor Networks............................................................................................................................. 1106

Meysam Mirza'Ee, Soheil Salari, Amir Piltan

Preventing Black Hole Attack in AODV Through use of Hash Chain ........................................................................ 1110M. Khalili Shoja, H. Taheri, S. Vakilinia

A 10-bit 250MS/s Pipelined ADC With a Merged S/H & 1st Stage Using an Optimal Opamp Sharing Technique ............................................................................................................................................. 1116

Mohammad Reza Ashraf, Mohammad Yavari

Robust Position Control of Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drives Using Linear Variable Structure and Adaptive Input-Output Feedback Linearization Approaches .............................................................................. 1121

M. Nabipour, H. Abootorabi Zarchi, S. M. Madani

A New Iterative Position Finding Algorithm Based On Taylor Series Expansion ..................................................... 1126Mohammad Soltanian, Amir Mansour Pezeshk, Ala Mahdavi, Maryam Dallali

Evaluation of Some Physiological Statements about Seizure, Using Processing of Epileptic EEG Signals ................................................................................................................................................. 1130

F. Shayegh, R. Amirfattahi, S. Sadri, K. Ansari-Asl

Design Investigation of DRA Array Fed by Dielectric Image Line.............................................................................. 1136H. Dashti, M. H. Neshati, F. Mohanna

Static Signature Verification for Farsi and Arabic Signatures using Dynamic Time Warping ................................ 1140Davood Falahati, Mohammad Sadegh

Resource Allocation in Downlink of Dual-hop OFDM Relaying Systems................................................................... 1146Elham Pazouki, Keivan Navaie, Hamzeh Shamsi Kooshki

Twins Facial Similarity Impact on Conventional Face Recognition Systems ............................................................. 1151Saeed Mozaffari, Hamid Behravan

Miniaturized Dual-band Dipole Antenna Loaded with Metamaterial Based Structure ............................................ 1157M. Rafaei Booket, A. Jafargholi, Z. Atlasbaf, M. Kamyab

A New Approach to MRI Brain Images Classification................................................................................................. 1161Shahla Najafi, Mehdi Chehel Amirani, Zahra Sedghi

A novel Vector Perturbation Based On Joint Transceiver Algorithm In Cooperative Mu-MIMO.......................... 1166Majid Shakhsi Dastgahian, Hosein Khoshbin

Joint Interference Avoidance and Spectrum Sharing for Unlicensed Wireless Systems ........................................... 1172S. Mohsen Beheshti, Mehrdad Ardebilipour, Behrad Mahboobi

Optimal Non-uniform Current Injection for Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers ............................. 1178Hussein Taleb, Kambiz Abedi, Saeed Golmohammadi

Spatial Spectral Gaussian Mixture Model Approach for Automatic Segmentation of Multispectral MR Brain Images............................................................................................................................................................. 1184

Mehdi Chegini, Hassan Ghassemian

A Solid State Marx Generator with a Novel Configuration ......................................................................................... 1190Sasan Zabihi, Zeynab Zabihi, Firuz Zare

Three-Phase Induction Motor Drive by FPGA ............................................................................................................. 1196Farzad Nekoei, Yousef S. Kavian, Ali Mahani

Standstill and Low Speed Sensorless Control of SMPMSM by using Dgital FIR Filter in the HF Signal Injection Method.............................................................................................................................................................. 1202

Ahmad Amiri, Behzad Mirzaeian Dehkordi, Mohamad Farzan Sabahi, Faezeh Mirdamadi

New Low Current Mismatch and Wide Output Dynamic Range Charge Pump ....................................................... 1208Elias Soleiman, Mahmoud Kamarei

Using Neural Network in Order to Predict Hypotension of Hemodialysis Patients ................................................... 1213Vahid Abouei, Hani Sharifian, Farzad Towhidkhah

The Impact of Unreliable Communications on the Steady-State Performance of Incremental RLS Adaptive Networks .......................................................................................................................................................... 1217

Azam Khalili, Mohammad Ali Tinati, Amir Rastegarnia

A New Robust Blind DWT-SVD Based Digital Image Watermarking ....................................................................... 1222Morteza Makhloghi, Fardin Akhlaghian Tab, Habibollah Danyali

Operation and Control of Wind Farm Connected to Grid Using Multiterminal VSC-HVDC ................................. 1227Mohammad Reza Safari Tirtashi, Reza Noroozian

Dynamic Element Matching Using Simultaneity Tow Different Techniques for Multibit Delta Sigma Modulator ................................................................................................................................................... 1233

Yahya Hasanpour, Esmaeil Najafi Aghdam, Vahid Sabouhi

High Speed CML Latch Using Active Inductor in 0.18μm CMOS Technology ......................................................... 1238Pedram Payandehnia, Hamidreza Maghami, Samad Sheikhaei, Aliazam Abbasfar, Behjat Forouzandeh, Kambiz Nanbakhsh

Oversampled Legendre Basis Expansion Model for Doubly-Selective Channels ....................................................... 1242Elham Zafarani, M. Javad Omidi, Faezeh Heydaryan, Somayeh Mahmoodi

Fuzzy/ Neuro-Fuzzy Depth and Pitch Regulating Control of a Supercavitating Vehicle .......................................... 1247Abolfazl Mardani, Mohammad Danesh, Bahram Karimi

A New Bidirectional ZVS-PWM Cuk Converter with Active Clamp ......................................................................... 1253Mohammad Reza Mohammadi, Hosein Farzanehfard

Bayesian-based Cooperative Framework for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks ............................... 1259V. Jamali, N. Reisi, S. Salari, M. Ahmadian

A Robust Reduced-Complexity Spectrum Sensing Scheme Based on Second-Order Cyclostationarity for OFDM-Based Primary Users.................................................................................................................................... 1264

Hamid Arezumand, Paeiz Azmi, Hamed Sadeghi

Three Phase Bi-Directional DC/AC Converter ............................................................................................................. 1270M. Sarhangzadeh, S. H. Hosseini, M. B. B. Sharifian, G. B. Gharehpetian

A Novel DS-CDMA Direction of Arrival Estimator for Frequency- Selective Fading Channel with Correlated Multipath by using Beam Forming Filter .................................................................................................. 1276

F. Samsami Khodadad, S. N. Hosseini, S. B. Hosseini Karani, H. Khoshbin

A Novel Single-stage Power Conversion System Based on T-inverter for Photovoltaic System Connected to Single Phase AC Grid............................................................................................................................... 1282

Mahdi Shahparasti, Alireza Fatemi, Mustafa Mohamadian, Ali Yazdian

A New High Linearity LMV Based Receiver Front-End for IEEE 802.15.4 applications ......................................... 1286Hossein Mirzaie, Hossein Shamsi, Samad Sheikhaei, Saeed Gholami

FDLTD method for the Physical Simulation of Microwave FET Transistor ............................................................. 1290Rashid Mirzavand, Abdolali Abdipour, Gholamreza Moradi, Masoud Movahhedi

Application of the Vectorial Theory in PV-AF System for Load Supply and Harmonic Compensation with Unbalanced and Distorted Supply Voltages.......................................................................................................... 1294

Saeid Khani, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Leila Mohammadian

Applying a Novel Multilayered Nano-Crystalline Silicon Structure in Fabrication of Silicon-Based Light Emitting Diodes ..................................................................................................................................................... 1300

S. Darbari, M. Shahmohammadi, S. Mohajerzadeh

Mitigation of Capacitor Banks Switching Transients Considering Injected Harmonics........................................... 1306Meisam Sadeghi, Ebrahim Babaei, Mehrdad Rabetian, Habiballah Nahalparvari

Novel Application of Dual-output Four-leg Converter for Unified Power Quality Conditioner .............................. 1311M. Azizi, A. Fatemi, M. Mohamadian, A. Yazdian

Cooperative Demodulation by Link Adaptive Relaying ............................................................................................... 1315Mostafa Azhini, Ali Olfat

High Spatial Resolution and Hyperspectral Image Fusion .......................................................................................... 1320Hassan Kousha, Hassan Ghassemian

A New Isolated SEPIC Converter with Coupled Inductors for Photovoltaic Applications....................................... 1326Ali Ghasemi, Ehsan Adib, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi

Comparison and Evaluation of Three Optimization Algorithms in MRF Model for Brain Tumour Segmentation in Mris ...................................................................................................................................................... 1331

Sahar Yousefi, Reza Azmi

The Chaotic Behavior of EEG Signals During Reiki .................................................................................................... 1336Sahar Ghobadi, Saied Rahati, Abbas Golmakani, Javad Salehi Fadardi

A Novel Reduced Switch Count Multilevel AC/AC Converter .................................................................................... 1341A. Fatemi, M. Azizi, K. Rahmani, M. Mohamadian, A. Yazdian

A 10-Bit 100-MSample/s Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter Using Digital Calibration Technique .................. 1346Tohid Moosazadeh, Mohammad Yavari

Cluster-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks under Log-Normal Shadow-Fading ................................................................................................................................................................ 1351

Nima Reisi, Vahid Jamali, Mahmoud Ahmadian, Soheil Salari

Error Concealment using_Wide Motion Vector Space for H.264/AVC...................................................................... 1356Ali Araghi, Mohammad Agahian Panahi, Shohreh Kasaei

Optimization-Based Fuzzy Iterative Learning Control ................................................................................................ 1362A. Ebadat, P. Karimaghaee, M. Jesmani

A Statistical Analyzing Approach for Quantum Evolutionary Algorithms ................................................................ 1368M. H. Tayarani, M. Beheshti, J. Sabet, H. Mohammadi

Application of THDM Switching Strategy on Line Voltage THD of Multilevel Inverters ........................................ 1374A. Ebrahimi, N. Farokhnia, S. H. Fathi, N. Yousefpoor

Road Tracking from High Resolution Satellite Images using a New Set of Profiles and Bayesian Filtering ............................................................................................................................................................................ 1379

Javad Jafaryahya, Alireza Moghaddamjoo, Ahad Tavakoli, Arghavan Bahadori

Farsi/Arabic Text Extraction From Video Images ....................................................................................................... 1384Mohieddin Moradi, Saeed Mozaffari, Ali Asghar Orouji

Stability Analysis of Continuous Time T-S Fuzzy Systems based on Lp Norms and Viewpoint of Firing Coefficients ........................................................................................................................................................... 1390

Hamed Farahat, Ahmad Farahat, Roya Amjadifard

Reduced Chatter Robot Manipulator Sliding Control: A Novel Multivariable Approach ....................................... 1396Mohammad Danesh, Ali Fattahi, Maryam Zekri, Farid Sheikholeslam

Real Time Adaptive Background Estimation and Road Segmentation for Vehicle Classification ........................... 1402M. Mazaheri, S. Mozaffari

Time and Space Harmonics in Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine .................................................................................. 1408Hamed Gorginpour, Behzad Jandaghi, Hashem Oraee

Double Ridged Horn Antenna Designs for Wideband Applications............................................................................ 1414M. Ghorbani, A. Khaleghi

A Modified Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Image Segmentation ........................ 1418Mahmood Shabanifard, Mehdi Chehel Amirani

Apple Defect Detection using Statistical Histogram based EM Algorithm ................................................................. 1424Ghobad Moradi, Mousa Shamsi, Mohammad Hossein Sedaaghi, Setareh Moradi, Mohammad Reza Alsharif

A 4.2GHz, 3.3mW, 1.1pJ, 90nm 64-bit New Digital Comparator with 1.2 Clock Pipeline Delay ............................. 1430M. Larijani, M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi

A New Robust Image Adaptive Steganography ............................................................................................................ 1436Seyed Hamed Seyedi, Hassan Aghaeinia, Abolghasem Sayadian

The Effect of Selecting Different Time Interval as Event and Type of Phenomenon in Performance of SBCI Systems ........................................................................................................................................ 1441

Mana Manoochehri, Mohammad Hassan Moradi

A Probabilistic Method to Model PHEV for Participation in Electricity Market...................................................... 1445Mojtaba Abolfazli, Mohammad Hasan Bahmani

Singular Value Decomposition Assisted Ensemble Kalman Filter for History Matching Problem .......................... 1450M. Jesmani, F. Shabaninia, P. Karimaghaee, A. Ebadat

Measurement of Some Traffic Signal Parameters via Un-Calibrated Video Camera ............................................... 1456Najmeh Eghbal, Hossein Nurbakhsh

Numerical Evaluation and Characterization of Single Junction Solar Cell Based on Thin-Film a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H Hetero-Structure .................................................................................................................................... 1461

Abdolnabi Kosarian, Peyman Jelodarian

Low-Complexity Variable Step-Size Adaptive Equalizers for Digital Communications........................................... 1467Sayed A. Hadei, Paeiz Azmi

Blind Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio Based on Complexity Measurement ................................................... 1473Saeid Balaneshin Kordan, Bahman Abolhassani

Tunable Group Delay in a SOI Waveguide based on Stimulated Raman Scattering ................................................ 1478Majid Ferdosian, Hassan Kaatuzian

Capacitors Natural Voltage Balancing Mechanism Investigation in Flying Capacitor Multicell Converters ...................................................................................................................................... 1482

Vahid Dargahi, Abbas Shoulaie

Analysis of Different Hot Carrier Effects on Self-Assembled InAs/GaAs QDIP Dynamic Response Using Circuit Model ........................................................................................................................................................ 1487

Ali Mir, Vahid Ahmadi

Classifying Depression Patients and Normal Subjects using Machine Learning Techniques ................................... 1491Behshad Hosseinifard, Mohammad Hassan Moradi, Reza Rostami

A Pipeline Design for Implementation of LPC Feature Extraction System based on Levinson-Durbin Algorithm............................................................................................................................ 1495

Behnam Fazlali, Mohammad Eshghi

Watermarking of Speech Signal through Phase Quantization of Sinusoidal Model .................................................. 1500Mohammadreza Narimannejad, Seyed Mohammad Ahadi

PSO-based Infomax Algorithm for Frequency-Domain Blind Source Separation..................................................... 1504Masoud Geravanchizadeh, Masoumeh Hesam

Real Time Eye State Recognition ................................................................................................................................... 1508Mohammad Dehnavi, Nona Attarzadeh, Mohammad Eshghi

Dual-channel Speech Enhancement using Normalized Fractional Least-Mean-Squares Algorithm ....................... 1512Masoud Geravanchizadeh, Sina Ghalami Osgouei

Interleaver Choice in Serially Concatenated Codes for Soft Real-Time Wireless Speech Transmission Applications.............................................................................................................................................. 1517

Farhad Mehran

Model Based Fault Detection of Nonlinear Systems using Singleton Interval Type-2 Fuzzy sets ............................. 1523T. S. Ghiasi, H. Zarabadi Pour, M. Aliyari Shoorehdeli

Adaptive Anti-control of Chaos of Permanent Magnet DC Motor System................................................................. 1529Farzaneh Akhgari, Zahra Rahmani, Behrooz Rezaie

Optimizing the Eye Diagram in the VCSEL Output by Reshaping its Driving Current........................................... 1535Mohamad Yazdanypoor, Asghar Gholami

Mining Generalized Fuzzy Association Rules via Determining Minimum Supports ................................................. 1540Ehsan Vejdani Mahmoudi, Vahid Aghighi, Masood Niazi Torshiz, Mehrdad Jalali, Mahdi Yaghoobi

Voltage Harmonic Compensation of a Microgrid Operating in Islanded and Grid-Connected Modes ................... 1546Mehdi Savaghebi, Alireza Jalilian, Juan C. Vasquez, Josep M. Guerrero, Tzung-Lin Lee

Fossil Fuel Consumption Prediction Using Emotional Learning in Amygdala .......................................................... 1552Ramin Ayanzadeh, Azam S. Zavar Mousavi, Saeid Setayeshi

Design of a Novel EBG Structure and its Application for Improving Performance of a Low Profile Antenna ................................................................................................................................................ 1558

M. Rezaei Abkenar, P. Rezaei

Selecting Influential Nodes for Detected Communities in Real-World Social Networks ........................................... 1563Marziyeh Anjerani, Ali Moeini

Robust Detection of Copy-Move Forgery using Texture Features .............................................................................. 1569Fereshteh Gharibi, Javad Ravanjamjah, Fardin Akhlaghian, Bahram Zahir Azami, Javad Alirezaie

A New Method for Loss Reduction Based on Simultaneous DG Placement and Network Reconfiguration ........................................................................................................................................ 1573

H. R. Mirjalili, A. R. Sedighianaraki, M. R. Haghifam

A New Approach to Improve Voltage Stability in a Network with Fixed Speed Wind Turbines ............................. 1579Yasser Ashkhane

An Approach to Learn Categorical Distance Based on Attributes Correlation ......................................................... 1585Z. Khorshidpour, S. Hashemi, A. Hamzeh

QOS Improving for Voice Streaming over Wireless Ad-hoc Networks using an Adaptive Playout Adjustment Algorithm .................................................................................................................................................... 1591

Maral Salehi, Mehdi Dehghan

Considering Security and Dependability problems in Fault Location Algorithm used TT-Transform for Teed-circuit ...................................................................................................................................... 1597

A. Ahmadimanesh, S. M. Shahrtash

Optimization of Bulk GaAs Substrate Removed Electrooptic Modulator using the Finite Element Method.................................................................................................................................... 1603

Habib Vahidi, Kambiz Abedi

Active Control and Attitude Stabilization of a Momentum-Biased Satellite without Yaw Measurements .................................................................................................................................................................. 1608

Reza Esmailzadeh, Hamed Arefkhani, Sadegh Davoodi

A New Approach to MRI Brain Images Classification................................................................................................. 1614Shahla Najafi, Mehdi Chehel Amirani, Zahra Sedghi

A Developed Adding and Latency Reducing Method for High Speed Pipelined Adders .......................................... 1619Tohid Morady, Amin Khalilzadegan, Khayrollah Hadidi, Abdollah Khoei

Propeller Shaft Speed Controller Design Based on Nonlinear Models of Nondimensional Thrust and Torque Coefficients ..................................................................................................................................... 1624

Morteza Eftekharzadeh, Mohammad Danesh

A New 3-Level Converter for Switched Reluctance Motor Drive................................................................................ 1630Adel Deris Zadeh, Ehsan Adib, Hosein Farzanehfard

Hippocampal Shape Analysis in Epilepsy Using Laplace-Beltrami Spectrum ........................................................... 1636Rosita Shishegar, Hamid Soltanian-Zadeh, Seyed Reza Moghadasi

A Simple Lossless Preprocessing Algorithm for Hardware Implementation of DEFLATE Data Compression ........................................................................................................................................ 1641

Alireza Yazdanpanah, Mahmoud Reza Hashemi

A Quasi-PID Backpropagation Algorithm Based on Lyapunov Stability Theory for Neural Network ................... 1646E. Zeraatkar, P. Karimaghaee, N. Noroozi

Adaptive Modulated Cooperative System with Selection Combining ......................................................................... 1652Vahideh Vakil, Mehdi Rahmati

Resource Allocation for Downlink Multicell OFDMA Systems by Interference Limitation ..................................... 1658Seyed Mehdi Hosseini Andargoli, Kamal Mohamed-Pour

Resource Allocation and Frequency Reusing for Multihop Relay Systems ................................................................ 1664E. Seyyed Alikhani, B. Mahboobi, M. Ardebilipour, A. Seyyed Alikhani

FPGA Implementation of JPEG-LS Compression Algorithm for Real Time Applications ...................................... 1670H. Daryanavard, O. Abbasi, R. Talebi

Economic and Reliable Design of a Hybrid PV-Wind-Fuel Cell Energy System using Differential Evolutionary Algorithm.............................................................................................................................. 1674

Sajjad Abedi, Hani Gharavi Ahangar, Mostafa Nick, Sayed Hossein Hosseinian

Direct Torque Control of Switched Reluctance Motors using Four Level Convertor ............................................... 1680Mosa Malaknezhad Bosra, Mohsen Saniei, Reza Kianinezhad

A Compact Dual-Band Branch-Line Coupler Based on the Interdigital Transmission Line.................................... 1686Rasool Keshavarz, Mostafa Danaeian, Masoud Movahhedi, Ahmad Hakimi

Successive Approximation ADC with Redundancy Using Split Capacitive-Array DAC........................................... 1691Amir Arian, Mehdi Saberi, Saied Hosseini-Khayat

Effect of Surface Roughness on Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Along Thin Lossy Metal Films................................................................................................................................................... 1695

Hoda Fadakar, Abolghasem Zeidaabadi Nezhad, Amir Borji

Joint Antenna Selection and Adaptive Modulation in MIMO Systems in the Presence of CSI Imperfection ......................................................................................................................................................... 1701

M. Hamedanian, A. Mohammadi, A. Abdipour

1D Magneto-plasmonics Periodic Structures ................................................................................................................ 1707Shahram Hosseinzadeh

Optimal Control of Singular Large-scale Linear Systems ........................................................................................... 1711Iman Zamani, Mahdi Zaynali, Masoud Shafiee, Ahmad Afshar

Analysis on Reserve Effects on Congestion Management Results in an Integrated Energy and Reserve Power Market ............................................................................................................................... 1716

H. Keshtkar, A. Darvishi, S. H. Hosseinian

A New Modified Fuzzy TOPSIS for Group Decision Making Using Fuzzy Majority Opinion Based Aggregation ............................................................................................................................................ 1722

Hamid Aghaie, Soroosh Shafieezadeh, Behzad Moshiri

Decision Consensus in Cooperative Fuzzy Decision Making ....................................................................................... 1728Ebrahim Moradi Shahrivar, Behzad Moshiri, Mehdi Rezagholizadeh

A Leader-following Formation Control of Multiple Mobile Robots With Active Obstacle Avoidance .................... 1734M. Naderi Soorki, H. A. Talebi, S. K. Y. Nikravesh

Book of Abstracts………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1740

Author Index