Reconfiguration and capacitor placement for loss reduction of distribution systems by ant colony search algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1747-1755

  Chang, Chung Fu ^a  

^a WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ant colony search algorithm (ACSA); Capacitor placement; Feeder reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY SEARCH ALGORITHM (ACSA); ANT COLONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COOPERATIVE AGENTS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; FEEDER RECONFIGURATION; FEEDER RECONFIGURATIONS; FOOD SOURCES; LOSS REDUCTION; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; OPTIMIZATION CAPABILITIES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION; STATE TRANSITIONS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; CURRENT LIMITING REACTORS; FEEDBACK; FEEDING; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; ONLINE SEARCHING; OPTIMIZATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 70350489114     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2008.2002169     Document Type: Article

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