An anemometer measures the wind speed. It uses tiny cups that spin in a circle and the faster the cups spin, the strong the wind. Weather vanes are widely used as decorative pieces too.

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Model predictive control (MPC) is a powerful tool for modern wind energy conversion system (WECS). However, the stochastic uncertainty existed in wind speed presents a great challenge for the MPC to ...

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