A new fuzzy optimal reconfiguration of distribution systems for loss reduction and load balancing using ant colony search-based algorithm

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 4021-4028

  Saffar, A ^a   Hooshmand, R ^a   Khodabakhshian, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ant colony algorithm; Fuzzy optimization; Load balancing; Loss reduction; Optimal reconfiguration

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY ALGORITHMS; FUZZY OPTIMIZATION; LOAD BALANCING; LOSS REDUCTION; OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955859875     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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