Frontiers in Energy
>> 2012,
Volume 6,
Issue 3
doi:
10.1007/s11708-012-0202-1
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Application of the invasive weed optimization algorithm to economic dispatch problems
School of Electrical Engineering, VIT University, Vellore 632014, India
Available online: 2012-09-05
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Abstract
In this paper the invasive weed optimization algorithm has been applied to a variety of economic dispatch (ED) problems. The ED problem is concerned with minimizing the fuel cost by optimally loading the electrical generators which are committed to supply a given demand. Some involve prohibited operating zones, transmission losses and valve point loading. In general, they are non-linear non-convex optimization problems which cannot be directly solved by conventional methods. In this work the invasive weed algorithm, a meta-heuristic method inspired by the proliferation of weeds, has been applied to four numerical examples and has resulted in promising solutions compared to published results.
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