Improved fast evolutionary program for optimum design of power transformer

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 995-1006

  Subramanian, S ^a   Bhuvaneswari, R ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Evolutionary programming; Optimization techniques; Transformers

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING (CEP); INSULATION COSTS; THREE-PHASE POWER TRANSFORMER;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COOLING; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS;

EID: 33750011264     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640610684123     Document Type: Article

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