A new approach to fault section estimation in power systems using Ant system

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Chang, C S ^a   Tian, L ^a   Wen, F S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ant system; Fault section estimation; Genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRIC RELAYS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANT SYSTEM; FAULT SECTION ESTIMATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033079528     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7796(98)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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