With the 2009/28/EC Directive, the European Union has to guarantee three objectives by
2020: 20% reduction in greenhouse gases emissions, 20% share of renewable energy and …

This paper presents the results of an Elitist Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA
II) enhanced with local search for computing solutions to a multi-objective reactive power …

This paper aims to minimize the total active losses in electrical distribution systems by
means of optimal capacitor bank placement. The proposed methodology to solve this …

The reactive load regime in the electric power systems of the economic sites determines the
electrical energy quality (voltage deviation), the power losses in the individual elements of …

Optimization has been an active area of research for several decades. As many real-world
optimization problems become increasingly complex, better optimization algorithms are …

Optimal reactive power dispatch is one of most important task in the today's power system
operation. This paper present optimal reactive power dispatch with the help of differential …

The article presents a genetic algorithm (GA) application to find the best location and
reactive power injection of a FACTS device in a power system. The GA is employed to …

An algorithm is presented that is capable of producing Pareto-optimal solutions for multi-
objective infrastructure routing problems: the Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization …

Biologically inspired ant colony optimisation (ACO) has been used in several applications to
solve NP-hard combinatorial optimisation problems. An interesting area of application for …

This chapter presents common optical network problems from a new multiobjective point of
view. Putting an optical network to work requires design, management, and protection of the …