A solution to the unit commitment problem using imperialistic competition algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Moghimi Hadji, Moosa ^a   Vahidi, Behrooz ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Generation scheduling; imperialistic competition algorithm; optimization methods; unit commitment problem

Indexed keywords

GENERATING UNIT; GENERATION SCHEDULING; INITIAL POPULATION; OPTIMIZATION METHODS; SCHEDULING VARIABLE; UNIT COMMITMENT PROBLEM;

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ENERGY RESOURCES;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84856271410     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2158010     Document Type: Article

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