Improved Firefly Algorithm: A Novel Method for Optimal Operation of Thermal Generating Units

This paper presents a novel improved firefly algorithm (IFA) to deal the problem of the optimal operation of thermal generating units (OOTGU) with the purpose of reducing the total electricity generation fuel cost. The proposed IFA is developed based on combining three improvements. The first is to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thang Trung Nguyen, Nguyen Vu Quynh, Le Van Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Complexity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7267593