In this paper, we first discuss the origin of preferential attachment. Then we establish the generalized preferential attachment (GPA) which has two new properties; first, it encapsulates both the topological and weight aspects of a network, which makes it is neither entirely degree preferential...

Electrical power generation with renewable energies, such as wind and solar, plays an important role in the electrification of remote rural areas. Since there are always seasonal and synoptic variations in wind and solar resources, a hybrid system, consisting of both wind and solar energy, may...