Application of improved firefly algorithm for programmed PWM in multilevel inverter with adjustable DC sources

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 169-179

  Gnana Sundari, M ^a   Rajaram, M ^b   Balaraman, Sujatha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cascaded multilevel inverter; Firefly algorithm; FPGA; Programmed PWM

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; COUNTING CIRCUITS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATLAB; MODULATION; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY ALGORITHMS; CASCADED H-BRIDGE MULTILEVEL INVERTERS; CASCADED MULTI-LEVEL INVERTERS; FIREFLY ALGORITHMS; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; PROGRAMMED PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION; PROGRAMMED PWM; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD);

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84954244087     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2015.12.036     Document Type: Article

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