Application of the ant colony search algorithm to reactive power pricing in an open electricity market

International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 622-628

  Ketabi, Abbas ^a   Alibabaee, Ahmad ^a   Feuillet, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b ENSIEG   (France)

Author keywords

Ant Colony Optimization; Cost allocation; Electricity market; Reactive power pricing

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; BUS SYSTEMS; CAPACITOR BANK; COST ALLOCATION; ELECTRIC MARKETS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; INVESTMENT COSTS; MARGINAL PRICES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPEN ELECTRICITY MARKETS; OPTIMAL POWER FLOW MODEL; OPTIMAL PROBLEMS; POWER SYSTEM SECURITY; PRODUCTION COST; REACTIVE POWER MANAGEMENT; REACTIVE POWER PRICE; REACTIVE POWER PRICING;

ACOUSTIC GENERATORS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CAPACITORS; COMMERCE; COSTS; DEPRECIATION; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

REACTIVE POWER;

EID: 77950371624     PISSN: 01420615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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