A critical review of strategies for optimal allocation of distributed generation units in electric power systems

International Review of Electrical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 593-600

  Akorede, Mudathir F ^a   Hizam, Hashim ^a   Aris, Ishak ^a   Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analytical approaches; Distributed generation; GA hybrids; Genetic algorithms; Meta meuristics; Optimal placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956221827     PISSN: 18276660     EISSN: 25332244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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