Efficient heuristic-based approach for multi-objective capacitor allocation in radial distribution networks

IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-80

  El Fergany, Attia A ^a   Abdelaziz, Almoataz Y ^b  

^a Zagazig University ^*  (Egypt)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTICLES; CAPACITOR ALLOCATION; CAPACITOR PLACEMENT; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; OVERALL ACCURACIES; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; STATIC CAPACITORS;

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

CAPACITORS;

EID: 84892950515     PISSN: 17518687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2013.0213     Document Type: Article

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