Solving the short-term electrical generation scheduling problem by an adaptive evolutionary approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 677-691

  Maturana, Jorge ^a   Riff, María Cristina ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Evolutionary computations; Real world problems; Short term electrical generation scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

NON-BINARY CODING; PARAMETER CONTROL STRATEGY;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 33845956005     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.03.074     Document Type: Article

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