This paper presents a real-time decision support system (RDSS) based on artificial intelligence (AI) for voltage collapse avoidance (VCA) in power supply networks. The RDSS scheme employs a fuzzy hyperrectangular comp...
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This paper presents a real-time decision support system (RDSS) based on artificial intelligence (AI) for voltage collapse avoidance (VCA) in power supply networks. The RDSS scheme employs a fuzzy hyperrectangular composite neural network (FHRCNN) to carry out voltage risk identification (VRI). In the event that a threat to the security of the power supply network is detected, an evolutionary programming (EP)-based algorithm is triggered to determine the operational settings required to restore the power supply network to a secure condition. The effectiveness of the RDSS methodology is demonstrated through its application to the American Electric Power Provider System (AEP, 30-bus system) under various heavy load conditions and contingency scenarios. In general, the numerical results confirm the ability of the RDSS scheme to minimize the risk of voltage collapse in power supply networks. In other words, RDSS provides Power Provider Enterprises (PPEs) with a viable tool for performing on-line voltage risk assessment and power system security enhancement functions.
Economic load dispatch (ELD) is the scheduling of generators to minimize the total operating cost depending on equality and inequality constraints. The transmission line loss also is to be kept as minimum as possible....
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Economic load dispatch (ELD) is the scheduling of generators to minimize the total operating cost depending on equality and inequality constraints. The transmission line loss also is to be kept as minimum as possible. So, the problem is of multi-objective optimization. The authors have studied the comparative effectiveness of GA, Improved fast EP (IFEP) and various particle swarm optimizations (PSO) reported in the literature and a novel particle swarm algorithm namely CRAZYPSO for such multi-objective optimization in two test cases. The first test case deals with some well-known Benchmark functions and then the second case deals with a general power system having 40 thermal generating units with non-monotonically increasing cost functions with valve point loadings and other constraints. The generators are interconnected through lossy transmission lines. The proposed method out performs and provides true global optimal solutions as compared to other existing techniques for economic load dispatch. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The problem of autonomous tracking of aground moving target in an urban terrain is studied. In the investigated scenario, the target is tracked from multiple unmanned aerial vehicles using gimballed or body-fixed sens...
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The problem of autonomous tracking of aground moving target in an urban terrain is studied. In the investigated scenario, the target is tracked from multiple unmanned aerial vehicles using gimballed or body-fixed sensors under the constraints of terrain occlusions and airspace limitations. Information regarding the occlusions may be available a priori from a database or may be provided to the system by the operator based on his understanding of the environment. To ensure flyable trajectories, the unmanned aerial vehicles' dynamic constrains must be taken into account. A methodology is proposed for solving in real time a general class of such problems by casting the tracking task as a cooperative motion planning problem. Because of the computational complexity of the problem, a stochastic search method (genetic algorithm) is proposed for finding in real time monotonically improving solutions. An important attribute of the proposed solution approach is its scalability and, consequently, applicability to large-sized problems. For testing the algorithm, it was implemented in a high-fidelity simulation test bed using a visual database of an actual city., The viability of using the algorithm is shown using a Monte Carlo study. It is envisioned that automating this part of a ground moving target tracking problem will considerably reduce operators' workload and dramatically improve mission performance in such real-life problems.
Optimization problems that arise in energy systems design often have several features that hinder the use of many optimization techniques. These optimization problems have non-continuous mixed variable definition doma...
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Optimization problems that arise in energy systems design often have several features that hinder the use of many optimization techniques. These optimization problems have non-continuous mixed variable definition domains, are heavily constrained, are multimodal (i.e. have many local optima) and, foremost, the functions used to define the engineering optimization problem are often computationally intensive. Three methods are tested here: (a) a Struggle Genetic Algorithm (StrGA), (b) a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSOA), and (c) a PSOA with Struggle Selection (PSOStr). The last is a hybrid of the evolutionary StrGA and the socially inspired PSOA. They are tested in four purely mathematical and three energy systems thermoeconomic optimization problems. All of the methods solved successfully all the problems. The PSOStr, however, outperformed the other methods in terms of both solution accuracy and computational Cost (i.e. function evaluations). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper presents three memetic algorithms to solve the spread spectrum radar polyphase code design problem, based on evolutionary programming, Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution, respectively. T...
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This paper presents three memetic algorithms to solve the spread spectrum radar polyphase code design problem, based on evolutionary programming, Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential Evolution, respectively. These global search heuristics are hybridized with a gradient-based local search procedure which includes a dynamic step adaptation procedure to perform accurate and efficient local search for better solutions. We have compared the different memetic algorithms proposed in several numerical examples, and we have also demonstrated the performance of our approaches against existing approaches for this problem. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved,
A weighted switching strategy and an inner-loop compensator are presented in this paper to design an observer-based tracker for a decentralized closed-loop cascaded system with a saturating actuator and state constrai...
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A weighted switching strategy and an inner-loop compensator are presented in this paper to design an observer-based tracker for a decentralized closed-loop cascaded system with a saturating actuator and state constraints. The LQR design methodology for the observer-based tracker is proposed to simplify the complexity of the decentralized control. The realizable sample-data controller with a low-gain property and a high design performance is realized through the digital redesign method. For obtaining a better design performance, evolutionary programming is then presented to tune the parameters of the tracker. Some examples are also presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The objective of this paper is to evolve simple and effective methods for the economic load dispatch (ELD) problem with security constraints in thermal units, which are capable of obtaining economic scheduling for uti...
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The objective of this paper is to evolve simple and effective methods for the economic load dispatch (ELD) problem with security constraints in thermal units, which are capable of obtaining economic scheduling for utility system. In the proposed improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) method, a new velocity strategy equation is formulated suitable for a large scale system and the features of constriction factor approach (CFA) are also incorporated into the proposed approach. The CFA generates higher quality solutions than the conventional PSO approach. The proposed approach takes security constraints such as line flow constraints and bus voltage limits into account. In this paper, two different systems IEEE-14 bus and 66-bus Indian utility system have been considered for investigations and the results clearly show that the proposed IPSO method is very competent in solving ELD problem in comparison with other existing methods. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Optimization problems that arise in energy systems design often have several features that hinder the use of many optimization techniques. These optimization problems have non-continuous mixed variable definition doma...
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(纸本)9608758424
Optimization problems that arise in energy systems design often have several features that hinder the use of many optimization techniques. These optimization problems have non-continuous mixed variable definition domains, are heavily constrained, are multimodal (i.e. have many local optima) and, foremost, the functions used to define the engineering optimization problem are often computationally intensive. Three methods are tested here: (a) a Struggle Genetic Algorithm (StrGA), (b) a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSOA), and (c) a PSOA with Struggle Selection (PSOStr). The last is a hybrid of the evolutionary StrGA and the socially inspired PSOA. They are tested in four purely mathematical and three energy systems thermoeconomic optimization problems. All of the methods solved successfully all the problems. The PSOStr, however, outperformed the other methods in terms of both solution accuracy and computational Cost (i.e. function evaluations). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This paper addresses a multistage stochastic model for the optimal operation of wind farm, pumped storage and thermal power plants. The output of the wind farm and the electrical demand are considered as two independe...
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(纸本)9781424417636
This paper addresses a multistage stochastic model for the optimal operation of wind farm, pumped storage and thermal power plants. The output of the wind farm and the electrical demand are considered as two independent stochastic processes. The evolution of these processes over time is modeled as a scenario tree. Considering all possible realizations of stochastic process, leads to a huge set of scenarios. These scenarios are reduced by a particle swarm optimization based scenario reduction algorithm. The scenario tree modeling transforms the cost model to a stochastic model. The stochastic model can be used to estimate the operation costs of the hybrid system under the influence of the uncertainties. The stochastic model is solved using adaptive particle swarm optimization.
Recent developments in the global fuel markets imposed the need of increased fuel economy and cost effectiveness of sea-going vessels. Optimization of the ship's total energy system, as a whole, is now a demand of...
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(纸本)9608758424
Recent developments in the global fuel markets imposed the need of increased fuel economy and cost effectiveness of sea-going vessels. Optimization of the ship's total energy system, as a whole, is now a demand of the marine industry sector in order to address the significant increase of installation and operational costs. This study is focused on the synthesis, design and operation optimization of a marine energy system. A realistic example of a cruise liner energy system has been selected. Basic technology options have been identified and a generic energy system model has been constructed. Various configuration options.. types of technologies and existence of components have been incorporated in the generic system. In addition, time varying operational requirements for this cruise liner ship have been considered, resulting in a time dependent operation optimization problem. The complete optimization problem has been solved using a novel algorithm, inspired by evolutionary and social behavior metaphors. A parametric analysis with respect to the fuel price demonstrated changes in the optimum synthesis of the system. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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