This paper presents the application of a new metaheuristic optimization algorithm, the
chaotic bat algorithm for solving the economic dispatch problem involving a number of …

This paper proposes a new evolutionary algorithm for continuous non-linear optimization
problems. This optimization algorithm is inspired by the procedure of trading the shares on …

In this paper a new modified artificial bee colony algorithm (MABC) is proposed to solve the
economic dispatch problem by taking into account the valve-point effects, the emission …

Economic load dispatch (ELD) is an important topic in the operation of power plants which
can help to build up effective generating management plans. The practical ELD problem has …

Abstract Incremental Artificial Bee Colony algorithm with Local Search (IABC-LS) is one of
efficient variant of artificial bee colony optimization which was successfully applied to …

The economic load dispatch (ELD) problems considering nonlinear characteristics such as
valve point effects (VPE), multiple fuels (MF), transmission network losses, ramp rate limits …

A hybrid artificial algae algorithm (HAAA) has been proposed in this paper that hybridizes
the artificial algae algorithm (AAA) and simplex search method (SSM) to solve economic …

In this study, symbiotic organisms search (SOS) stochastic method is proposed to solve the
optimal power flow (OPF) problem with valve-point effect and prohibited zones, which is one …

According to no free lunch (NFL) theorem, a metaheuristic optimization method is superior to
other metaheuristic optimization methods when it has focused on specific class of …

An integrated technique that embeds civilized swarm optimization (CSO) and Powell's
pattern search (PPS) method is proposed to search economic dispatch of combined heat …