Improved harmony search algorithm for optimal placement and sizing of static var compensators in power systems

Proceedings - 1st International Conference on Informatics and Computational Intelligence, ICI 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 295-300

  Sirjani, Reza ^a   Mohamed, Azah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Harmony Search Algorithm; Power Loss; Static Var Compensator; Voltage Profile

Indexed keywords

HARMONY SEARCH ALGORITHMS; INVESTMENT COSTS; MULTI-CRITERION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE; POWER-LOSSES; STATIC VAR COMPENSATOR; STATIC VAR COMPENSATORS; TEST SYSTEMS; VOLTAGE PROFILE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DAMPING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84857184311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICI.2011.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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