Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2005. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80).

Thesis (M.S.C.I.T.)--Regis University, Denver, Colo., 2006. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 30, 2006). Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Computer Science, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Emulation is defined as an intermediate stage of simulation where the model represents the "as specified" mechanical plant and equipment, but not the control logic required to drive it. This thesis investigates the utility of providing a computer representation of the functional elements to be controlled by system control programs. These representations or "emulators" mimic the behavior of the system, or factory being controlled. The advantages of such a scheme are that developers of control software, are able to test out new control methodologies without actually connecting to the hardware system under control. This thesis investigates system control for automated manufacturing systems and identifies how emulation can be used as a valid tool in reducing the implementation time of such systems. The functions and characteristics of system control are identified as well as the problems associated with their implementation. The problems are then categorized to identify where emulation is a valid tool for problem resolution. This thesis is concluded by a description of a software demonstration which validated the concept of using emulation to solve system control problems. / Master of Science

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Thesis (Elec.E)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1980. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Wing Hong Lee. / Elec.E

Network emulation has been widely used to aid in the development and evaluation of real-time applications. Many of today s applications and protocols need to be tested and evaluated in large scale network environments such as the Internet, which requires emulation tools that meet the requirements of scale, accuracy, timeliness. Due to physical resource constraints in network emulators, existing emulation tools fail to meet these requirements as they are either limited to small and static networks, use simplified network models, or fail to deliver timely emulation results. If more physical resources are devoted to network emulation by utilizing high performance computing facilities, the accuracy and scalability of network emulation can be greatly improved. However, for many users, high performance computing facilities may not be readily available in a local laboratory environment, and co-locating application code with a remote high performance computing facility may be cumbersome and inconvenient. This thesis proposes a network emulation approach called ROSENET (RemOte SErver-based Network EmulaTion) that utilizes a distributed server-based architecture in which local low-fidelity emulators provide real-time QoS predictions to distributed applications, coupled with a remote large scale high-fidelity simulator that continuously updates and calibrates the local low-fidelity emulators. A library-based modeling approach based on online simulation data collection is proposed and a system identification modeling technique is presented. Experimental results examining emulation end-to-end delay and loss show that ROSENET provides a promising approach to network emulation supporting accuracy and scale while meeting real-time constraints. Challenges faced in applying ROSENET to real world applications are addressed through two case studies including applying synthetic workload on DARPA s NMS network topology for large scale network simulation and a contemporary real-time distributed VoIP application Skype.

CAPES / A geração de energia a partir de fontes alternativas é na atualidade tema de inúmeras pesquisas e desenvolvimento no meio científico e industrial. A energia eólica destaca-se nesse cenário como uma das mais proeminentes alternativas na geração de energia elétrica, por suas inúmeras vantagens. Em trabalhos de pesquisa, a reprodução computacional e em bancada do comportamento de uma turbina eólica, incluindo simulação de grandezas mecânicas e elétricas, que afetam diretamente a conversão de energia, são ferramentas muito apropriadas para o desenvolvimento e estudo de novas tecnologias quanto ao aproveitamento do potencial eólico de uma determinada região. Este trabalho aborda estudos referentes ao processo de conversão de energia em sistemas eólicos para geração de energia elétrica, com a finalidade de se desenvolver uma ferramenta para emulação de turbina eólica em bancada experimental, utilizando software LabVIEW®. O objetivo desta ferramenta é emular o torque mecânico desenvolvido no eixo de uma turbina eólica operando em geração distribuída, a partir de uma bancada experimental constituída por motor de indução trifásico e gerador síncrono a imã permanente, sob diferentes condições de velocidade de vento. Tal ferramenta possui o objetivo de ser flexível para demais arranjos laboratoriais, ou seja, capaz de ser empregada em outras estruturas de emulação de geração eólica em tempo real. Uma modelagem do sistema eólico é apresentada, desde a turbina ao gerador elétrico, após uma ferramenta de simulação em ambiente Matlab/Simulink® é desenvolvida com finalidade de pré-validar o experimento em bancada, então é realizada a implementação de projeto em bancada. / Power generation from alternative sources is at present the subject of numerous research and development in science and industry. Wind energy stands out in this scenario as one of the most prominent alternative in the generation of electricity, by its numerous advantages. In research works, computer reproduction and experimental behavior of a wind turbine are very suitable tools for the development and study of new technologies and the use of wind potential of a given region. These tools generally are desired to include simulation of mechanical and electrical parameters that directly affect the energy conversion. This work presents the energy conversion process in wind systems for power generation, in order to develop a tool for wind turbine emulation testing experimental, using LabVIEW® software. The purpose of this tool is to emulate the torque developed in an axis wind turbine. The physical setup consists of a three phase induction motor and a permanent magnet synchronous generator, which are evaluated under different wind speed conditions. This tool has the objective to be flexible to other laboratory arrangements, and can be used in other wind power generation structures in real time. A modeling of the wind power system is presented, from the turbine to the electrical generator. A simulation tool is developed using Matlab/Simulink® with the purpose to pre-validate the experiment setup. Finally, the design is implemented in a laboratory setup.