Ant Colony Optimisation solution to distribution transformer planning problem

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 316-335

  Amoiralis, Eleftherios I ^a   Georgilakis, Pavlos S ^a   Tsili, Marina A ^b   Kladas, Antonios G ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

ACO; Ant colony optimisation; Distribution network planning; Energy loss cost; Optimal transformer sizing; OTS; Thermal loading; Transformers

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155186857     PISSN: 17550386     EISSN: 17550394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAIP.2010.036398     Document Type: Article

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