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Flashover of a polluted high voltage insulator under electric field distribution

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1097-1106
Zainab Abdullah , Izham Zainal Abidin , Miszaina Osman , Nurulazmi Abd. Rahman , Muhammad Shafiq
This study investigates the effect of surface pollution on a single-unit 11 kV glass suspension insulator using two-dimensional (2D) axisymmetric simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics. The developed model incorporates the electrical properties of glass, cement, steel electrodes, surrounding air, and a uniform pollution layer, with an applied AC voltage of 11 kV under quasi-static conditions. Simulation results demonstrate pronounced electric field intensification in the polluted configuration, particularly at the air–glass–cap triple junction region, where localized electrical stress is significantly higher compared to the clean condition. While the clean insulator operates within IEC 60383 recommended limits, the polluted model exhibits elevated peak electric field magnitudes, indicating increased flashover vulnerability. The findings highlight the strong influence of surface contamination, material permittivity, and geometric configuration on electric field distribution along the creepage path. This study establishes a reliable and computationally efficient predictive framework for optimizing insulator design, improving maintenance strategies, and enhancing the long-term reliability of high-voltage transmission systems, especially in pollution-prone environments.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1097-1106
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Hybrid systems modelling and control using multiple mixed logical dynamical predictive model control: Application to a three-tank spherical system

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1148-1158
Tahar Benaissa , Mohamed Fouzi Belazreg , Khaled Halbaoui , Belaid Djaroum , Djamel Boukhetala
This study employs the mixed logical dynamical (MLD) framework for modelling, simulating, and controlling hybrid dynamical systems. Hybrid systems, which combine continuous-time dynamics and discrete logical events, pose significant challenges for conventional control strategies, such as proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers, particularly under complex operational constraints. To address these challenges, the MLD formalism provides a unified representation that integrates differential equations, logical rules, and inequality constraints. Based on the MLD model, a multivariable hybrid model predictive control (HMPC) approach is designed to optimize control system performance and operational efficiency over a prediction time horizon. At each sampling time step, a mixed quadratic programming (MIQP) optimization problem is solved online to determine the control law. The proposed control approach is applied to a three-spherical tank system, where simulation and experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness in ensuring stability, minimizing tracking errors, and satisfying physical constraints. These results underscore the relevance of MLD-based predictive control approaches for the optimization and advanced control of complex multivariable hybrid dynamical systems in industrial fields.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1148-1158
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Designing self-healing database fabrics for real-time payment rails

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1360-1368
Raghu Gollapudi
Real-time payment platforms operating at scale face an unforgiving operational reality: even brief outages translate directly into failed transactions, regulatory exposure, and eroded customer trust. Database replication and failover automation have matured considerably over the past two decades, yet a troubling blind spot remains. Recovery frameworks built for general-purpose distributed systems were never designed with settlement finality in mind, and that design omission leaves payment operators exposed to split-brain scenarios that generic high-availability tooling cannot reliably prevent. This paper addresses that omission head-on through a self-healing database fabric purpose-built for payment rail environments. The proposed autonomous resilience fabric architecture (ARFA) operates across three coordinated layers: a continuous monitoring layer that harvests telemetry from compute, storage, and network subsystems; a decision layer that fuses rule-based heuristics with an ensemble of isolation forests, recurrent neural networks, and gradient boosting classifiers to separate genuine fault conditions from transient noise; and a deterministic action layer that executes recovery procedures anchored to explicit settlement finality constraints. In fault injection trials covering node crashes, network partitions, replication lag, and performance degradation, the architecture cut average recovery times by 88% against manual baselines, restoring service in roughly 8 seconds rather than the 180 seconds that human-driven remediation typically requires. False positive rates held below 2% across all failure categories, and the system achieved a 98% recovery success rate. Taken together, these results make a practical case that autonomous resilience and regulatory compliance reinforce rather than conflict with each other when the regulatory constraints are designed in from the start.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1360-1368
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Performance analysis of single and multi-stage metaheuristic optimization on DFFNN for electrocardiogram-based emotion classification

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1562-1575
Giovanni Dimas Prenata , Ahmad Ridho’i
Emotion classification based on electrocardiogram (ECG) signals has attracted increasing attention in affective computing and biomedical signal processing. However, training deep feedforward neural networks (DFFNN) using conventional gradient-based learning often suffers from local minima and slow convergence, particularly when dealing with nonlinear and limited datasets. This study presents a comprehensive performance analysis of single-stage and multi-stage metaheuristic optimization strategies applied to DFFNN for ECG-based emotion lassification in elderly participants. Five models were evaluated: Pure DFFNN, DFFNN optimized using genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO), grey wolf optimizer (GWO), and a hybrid multi-stage DFFNN+GA+GWO model. Experimental results from six independent trials demonstrate a substantial reduction in mean squared error (MSE) when metaheuristic optimization is applied. Pure DFFNN produced final MSE values in the range of 0.07462–0.08977, whereas DFFNN+GWO reduced MSE to 0.01894–0.02411. The proposed multi-stage DFFNN+GA+GWO achieved the lowest MSE of 0.014286 in the best run and an average MSE of approximately 0.0212 across trials. Training accuracy improved from 57.14%–66.67% (Pure DFFNN) to 80.95%–85.71% using metaheuristic pproaches. Although testing accuracy remained relatively stable at 33.33%–50.00% due to dataset size constraints, convergence behavior analysis shows that multi-stage optimization enhances stability and reduces oscillatory updates. These findings confirm that multi-stage metaheuristic optimization significantly improves training stability and error minimization in DFFNN models, offering a promising strategy for robust ECG-based emotion classification under small-sample conditions.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1562-1575
Publish at: 2026-06-01

AI-driven log reduction and storage optimization for security operations

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1417-1424
Nutthakorn Chalaemwongwan
In this study, we present an AI-driven framework that integrates semantic log reduction with compliance-aware storage optimization, specifically designed for security operations center (SOC) and managed security service provider (MSSP) environments. Traditional approaches such as uniform compression, keyword filtering, and static tiering often either miss critical anomalies or preserve redundant noise, leading to excessive storage use, slower search performance, and analyst fatigue. The proposed framework addresses these challenges by combining three components: semantic reduction of repetitive entries, anomaly-focused retention supported by self-supervised models, and adaptive tiering aligned with regulatory requirements. Evaluations on HDFS, BGL, CICIDS2017, and Suricata datasets achieved 70%–80% log reduction, 55%–65% storage savings, recall rates above 95%, and a one-third reduction in query latency. These results demonstrate that pre-index reduction, together with anomaly- and compliance-aware retention, offers a scalable and regulator-ready solution for operational security environments.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1417-1424
Publish at: 2026-06-01

A critical review of information retrieval techniques: current trends and challenges

10.11591/ijict.v15i2.pp456-464
Sanket D. Patil , Zahir Aalam
The realm of information retrieval is witnessing transformative advancements, driven by the integration of deep learning techniques, specialized algorithms, and domain-specific applications. Information retrieval systems play an important role in many applications including in the Artificial Intelligence powered systems that can be seen in many applications. Information Retrieval, generally, acts an important task in the knowledge discovery phase of any query based intelligent system. This paper presents a comprehensive review by conducting a detailed analysis of the technological nuances, dataset specifications, and pivotal findings. This detailed review has been done with the special emphasis on the kind of technology used to achieve accurate information retrieval, domain of the study, and the system’s ability to retain or work with tables and figures, among other parameters. Navigating through the rich tapestry of methodologies, the paper underscores the pivotal role of deep learning frameworks in revolutionizing traditional retrieval paradigms. Furthermore, it sheds light on the innovative integration of textual information, algorithmic advancements, and specialized datasets to enhance the efficacy and granularity of information retrieval mechanisms.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 456-464
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Ensemble windows intrusion detection system using XGBoost and deep learning

10.11591/ijict.v15i2.pp565-577
Pranitha Kedambady Shiva , Pushparaj D. Shetty
Intrusion detection systems (IDS) are critical for preserving the Windows environment from an ever-changing collection of cyber threats. Current IDS uses deep learning (DL), which are heavy models if used for detection, while others use machine learning (ML) techniques, which require external feature extraction. To resolve this challenge, this paper introduces XGBNN, a new ensemble model that combines the benefits of ML and DL to identify and mitigate attacks against Windows machines effectively. The various ML methods are trained on the publicly available dataset to classify eight types of attacks in a Windows environment. Additionally, deep neural networks (DNNs) are proposed by optimizing the layers and hyperparameters to achieve the best accuracy. Then, the DNN model and XGBoost model are integrated to detect intrusions by utilizing the feature extraction ability of DNN and providing the intermediate features extracted from the last second layer of the DNN to the XGB for classification. The Ensemble model XGBNN optimizes features and offers better decisions. The proposed model achieves an exceptional accuracy of 100%, as demonstrated by the empirical results, and outperforms the benchmark models with an improvement of 0.004%. The purpose of this study is to highlight the effectiveness of hybrid architectures in intrusion detection. These architectures offer a more robust, scalable, and effective method to improve the security of the Windows system against more sophisticated attacks.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 565-577
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Analysis of CCS implementation in Indonesia’s coal fired power plants, economic optimization, and potential impact on Java-Bali grid for future decarbonization

10.11591/ijape.v15.i2.pp927-941
Anggit Raksajati , Sanggono Adisasmito , Veri Hendrayawan
This study aims to evaluate impact of retrofitting carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology on coal fired power plants (CFPP) in Indonesia. Using a representative 3×330 MW CFPP, the integration of CCS increases the levelized cost of electricity (LCoE) to 124 USD/MWh. Key cost components include CO₂ capture (21.7%), energy penalty from steam extraction (18.5%), and CO₂ transport and injection (16.7%). Sensitivity analysis indicates that CCS becomes financially viable under a high carbon cap (0.9 tCO₂/MWh) and a carbon tax of 76 USD/tCO₂. Meanwhile, International carbon markets offer a potential revenue at 75 USD/tCO₂ can fully offset CCS costs. Additionally, CAPEX grants can reduce LCoE to 12.4%, serving to mitigate upfront investment for CCS deployment. Within the Java-Bali grid, CFPP account for 58.8% of the generation mix with 41% aged 10-20 years using predominantly subcritical technology while 28% are over 20 years old and follow natural retirement being replaced by renewable energy. CCS retrofitting is more economically and technically viable for mid aged plants with newer technologies and lower emission intensities, supporting grid stability with limited renewable base load availability. This strategy also serves as a transitional pathway toward long term renewable integration until the LCoE of PV+BESS falls below 50 USD/MWh.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 927-941
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Regenerative braking with battery management system in E-bike

10.11591/ijape.v15.i2.pp565-572
B. P. Divyashree , G. Lakith , H. N. Sukanya , Nagaling M. Gurav , Neeli Mallikarjuna , Unnam Anil
Energy neither be created nor be destroyed, but it can be transformed into other forms as per the law of conservation of energy. This information is epitomized by the regenerative braking system (RBS), which transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy, thus recuperating waste energy into mechanical energy and making it beneficial. The regenerative braking have significant impact in electric vehicle technology due to the contemporary energy challenges and dwindling resources. Regenerative braking involves apprehending the lost kinetic energy during braking and converting it into a storable or instantly usable form. The recuperated kinetic energy can be reintegrated into vehicle’s power system or stored for further use, often in a battery, especially lithium-ion batteries which are managed by a battery management system (BMS) to ensure optimal performance and longevity. The utilization of various sensors by BMS to monitor parameters such as temperature, current, and voltage, entitling it to assess the battery’s health and determine its state of charge and discharge. Additionally, the BMS protects the battery against cavernous discharge and over-voltage, which can result from rapid discharging and charging currents, thereby optimizing the utilization of battery energy. In this article, the design of an electrical regenerative braking system with a battery management system in an electric bicycle (E-bike) applications are presented. The results show that the system works well in both battery-operated and regenerative modes. When in regenerative mode, the voltage and current stay within the specified range and are suitable for charging batteries. On the other hand, during regular operation, the increase in energy consumption is matched with the battery mode mileage.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 565-572
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Transient stability analysis of a new proposed hybrid PV-WTG microgrid for Tinghir power distribution

10.11591/ijape.v15.i2.pp449-463
Hicham Stitou , Mohamed Amine Atillah , Abdelghani Boudaoud , Mounaim Aqil
This work focuses on the transient stability of a hybrid photovoltaic and wind turbine generator (PV-WTG) system at the Tinghir 225/60/11 kV substation in Morocco. Results were obtained by evaluating the effects of the proposed configuration on power angle, frequency, voltage, and fault-clearing times in the system. The study examined key disturbances, including abrupt loss of renewable energy and major electrical faults. Analysis using ETAP demonstrated a power angle change of -55 degrees, 20 degrees greater than the normal operating point, which can be caused by the loss of PV and approaches the IEEE Std 421.5 stability limit. The maximum voltage variation was 6.1% for the PV and 2.7% for the WTG, exceeding the IEC 60034-1 limits of ±5%. Another major finding of this analysis was that WTG loss induces frequency swings of 0.8 Hz and requires 10 to 15 seconds for recovery, indicating that low-inertia systems have insufficient inertia to return to steady state quickly. Therefore, the study demonstrates that adaptive control approaches must be used to achieve stable operation of hybrid connected microgrids. Using the time domain simulation (TDS) process, we calculated the critical clearing time (CCT) of 155 ms for 3-phase faults and 464 ms for line-to-ground faults, all of which are within the CCT limit set by IEEE Std 3002.2, and this confirms the necessity of urgent clearing of faults to maintain transient stability and demonstrates the need for fast protection and adaptive control in low-inertia systems, which is of particular concern in rural grids.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 449-463
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Surface passivation-induced enhancement of light absorption in photoanodes for quantum dot-based solar cells

10.11591/ijape.v15.i2.pp948-954
Ho Minh Trung , Le Xuan Thuy
Quantum dot-sensitized solar cells hold promise for low-cost, high-efficiency photovoltaic applications; however, instability due to quantum dot degradation and poor interfacial charge transport remain key challenges. In this study, a copper-doped Zn(S,Se) passivation layer was chemically synthesized and applied onto TiO₂/CdS/CdSe@Cu photoanodes. The goal was to shield quantum dots from corrosive polysulfide electrolytes and enhance photon absorption. The morphology, structure, and optical characteristics of the Zn(S,Se):Cu layers were systematically analyzed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-Vis spectroscopy. J-V measurements demonstrated that the ZnSe:Cu-coated photoelectrode achieved a higher power conversion efficiency (5.31%) than the ZnS:Cu counterpart (4.5%). Moreover, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy revealed a lower charge transfer resistance (Rct2 = 331 Ω), indicating improved electron transport and reduced recombination. These findings highlight the potential of Zn(S,Se):Cu layers in enhancing the stability and efficiency of quantum dot-sensitized solar cells, paving the way for more durable and efficient solar energy devices.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 948-954
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Vector logic for robotic system on chip design and test

10.11591/ijra.v15i2.pp415-426
Vladimir Hahanov , Svetlana Chumachenko , Eugenia Litvinova , Andrii Voronov , Oleh Demchenko , Nataliya Maksymova
Artificial Intelligence and vector logic of computing do not contradict but cooperate and enrich each other. Logic is the law of existence and development of emerging computing. Logic is functions and structures, models and algorithms, phenomena and processes. Any computing, including artificial intelligence, is logic and nothing else. Emerging computing devices today have hundreds of systems on a chip and memory blocks, which are interconnected by thousands of connecting wires. This encompasses all the logic, functionalities, and structures, which are subject to testing by system methods. To achieve this, a logic vector serves as a generic form for describing functions, structures, and buses in modeling for the simulation of test sets and logic faults as address. Chip-let Interconnect bus is also a logical functionality or structure. They must be tested to diagnose defects by system logic mechanisms. The latter involves modeling to automatically obtain data structures, followed by good-value simulation and simulation of all fault combinations, such as addresses, on the buses segment. For this purpose, vector logic is used to describe functionalities and structures, models and algorithms, faults and tests. Mechanisms and application that assume a harmonious relationship between the model and the algorithm for their processing are considered.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 415-426
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Optimized mapping in 2D and 3D network on chip using Bat algorithm

10.11591/ijra.v15i2.pp488-502
Maamar Bougherara , Rafik Amara , Amina Guidoum
Communication within system-on-chip (SoC) architectures has evolved significantly to keep pace with the growing complexity of modern applications. To overcome the limitations of traditional interconnects, network-on-chip (NoC) has emerged as a scalable and efficient communication solution. Although early NoC designs relied heavily on 2D architectures, their physical and performance constraints have led to the rise of 3D NoC architectures, which offer better spatial integration and improved performance. In order to automate the NoC design process, a number of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and optimization algorithms are employed to help designers achieve efficient and high-performance designs. Within this EDA framework, one of the most critical stages is the core placement or application mapping phase, where computational tasks are allocated to the processing elements of the architecture. This step is very hard due to its combinatorial nature, and its optimization is essential since it directly impacts communication cost, energy consumption, and overall system performance. To address this challenge, numerous heuristic and metaheuristic algorithms have been explored for both 2D and 3D NoCs. In this paper, we propose an adaptation of the bat algorithm to solve the mapping problem in both 2D and 3D NoC architectures, with the objective of minimizing communication cost. The proposed approach is evaluated and compared against other optimization methods to assess its effectiveness in enhancing NoC performance within the EDA framework.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 488-502
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Residual reinforcement learning for disturbance-resilient control under modeling uncertainties

10.11591/ijece.v16i3.pp1175-1187
Abolanle Adetifa , Rexcharles Enyinna Donatus , Daniel Udekwe
Modern control systems must operate reliably in the presence of modeling uncertainties and external disturbances, conditions under which conventional fixed-gain controllers often exhibit performance degradation. This paper proposes a residual reinforcement learning framework for disturbance-resilient pitch-rate control of an aircraft longitudinal model. A classical proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller is employed as a stabilizing baseline, while a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) agent learns a bounded residual control signal to compensate for unmodeled dynamics and external perturbations. To promote favorable transient behavior, the learning process incorporates transient-aware and reference-model-based reward shaping, while actuator constraints are enforced within the environment dynamics. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed residual controller achieves a superior balance between response speed, overshoot, and tracking accuracy compared with both the standalone PID controller and a pure DDPG-based controller. In particular, the residual architecture significantly reduces overshoot and tracking error while preserving fast transient response and providing robust disturbance rejection under large pitching moment disturbances. These results indicate that residual reinforcement learning offers a practical and effective approach for enhancing robustness and performance in safety-critical flight control applications.
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Page: 1175-1187
Publish at: 2026-06-01

Evaluating user experience of a mobile website and redesigning its user interface using goal-directed design method

10.11591/ijict.v15i2.pp634-643
Aang Subiyakto , Muhammad R. Alghifari , Nuryasin N. , Muhammad Q. Huda , Nashrul Hakiem , Viva Arifin , Dwi Yuniarto , Hadi Rahman , Thosporn Sangsawang , Naeem Atanda Balogun
This study evaluated the usability of the user interface (UI) of a mobile website using its user experience (UX) perspectives. The website serves as an information portal intended for access via smartphones and other handheld devices. The objective of the study was to assess the usability of its current interface, redesign it using the goal-directed design (GDD) method, and compare the usability performance before and after the redesign. The study was conducted in five main steps using the cognitive walkthrough, think-aloud, post-study system usability questionnaire (PSSUQ), and interview techniques with five representative participants and 50 respondents. The most important findings of the study were that the redesigned mobile website showed improved usability of the website, as indicated by increased effectiveness and efficiency values, enhanced PSSUQ satisfaction scores, and more positive user feedback.
Volume: 15
Issue: 2
Page: 634-643
Publish at: 2026-06-01
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