Genetic algorithm optimisation of the maintenance scheduling of generating units in a power system

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 779-789

  Volkanovski, Andrija ^a   Mavko, Borut ^a   Boševski, Tome ^b   Čauševski, Anton ^b   Čepin, Marko ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Loss of load expectation; Maintenance scheduling; Optimisation; Safety

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

APPROXIMATE METHODOLOGY; LOSS OF LOAD EXPECTATION; MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 39749162931     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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