Minimum loss optimization in distribution systems: Discrete ascent optimal programming

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Broadwater, Robert P ^a   Dolloff, Paul A ^a   Herdman, Terry L ^a   Karamikhova, Rossitza ^a   Sargent, Albert F ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Entergy Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete ascent optimal programming; Loss minimization; Optimal power flow; Programming techniques; Switch placement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION;

DISCRETE ASCENT OPTIMAL PROGRAMMING; LOSS MINIMIZATION; OPTIMAL POWER FLOW; SWITCH PLACEMENT;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0030079792     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-7796(95)01023-8     Document Type: Article

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