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An antenna array application with high directivity and low sidelobe level (SLL) is an important technology that can enhance the reliability and validity of a communication system. In recent years, swarm intelligence optimisation algorithms have been widely used in the design of antenna arrays. In this study, a hybrid heuristic swarm intelligence optimisation algorithm called cuckoo search–chicken...
This paper proposes a new method for probabilistic reliability evaluation with Tabu Search (TS) of meta-heuristics (MH). Recently, the power networks increase the degree of the uncertainties due to the new environment of power network liberations, the emergence of the renewable energy, etc. The importance of the probabilistic reliability assessment of electric power systems has been recognized as...
In this article, we suggest a new method to improve the harmony search meta-heuristic algorithm. Several approaches are presented for improving the harmony search algorithm. These approaches consider different values for initial parameters in each optimization problem. Differences between the proposed algorithm and the harmony search algorithm are as follows. First, we add a new step to create a new...
State-of-the art constrained multiobjective optimisation methods are often explored and demonstrated with the help of function optimisation problems from these accounts. It is sometimes hard for practitioners to extract good approaches for practical problems. In this paper we apply an evolutionary algorithm to a factual problem with realistic constraints and compare the effects of different operators...
In this paper, the authors propose an algorithm using branch and bound method to search an optimal replacement scheduling of obsolete equipment in aged primary substations. The developed tool can efficiently find an optimal solution from huge combinations of replacement schedules. The objective function to be minimized is the net present value of the sum of operation and maintenance cost, replacement...
We propose a new way to design a Protected Working Capacity Envelope (PWCE) in survivable WDM networks by using pre-configured protection structures with unrestricted shapes (arbitrary shape patterns). So far, the pre-configured cycle (p-cycle) structure is the only building block that has been used in the design of PWCEs. In this paper, we do not impose any restriction on the shapes of the protection...
This paper presents a novel optimized algorithm-interval evolution algorithm, which sufficiently exerts the advantage of the reliability of interval algorithm as well as the global convergence of evolution strategies such as group search. By providing us all global optimizers and the inclusion interval of optimizers, we conclude that the algorithm is equipped well in solving the global nonlinear constrained...
In operation studies of distribution networks, the restoration problem is solved using optimization techniques. However, in planning studies, such as reliability evaluation, the restoration problem is solved considering engineering judgment. Therefore, there is a mismatch between the restoration modeling used in the operation of the network and in the planning studies. This paper presents a method...
This paper presents one of applications of the ant colony search method to reduce the minimum losses of distribution network. The configuration of distribution network is defined by the tie switches and sectionalized switches. The configuration optimization problem of distribution network is a combination optimization with a large search space involved the operational constraints of the distribution...
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