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A Comparative Study of Particle Swarm Optimization and Differential

Evolution on the Economic Dispatch with Non-smooth Cost Functions



Mohammad Nawaz Edoo and Robert T. F. Ah King*
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Mauritius
Reduit, Mauritius
Email: r.ahking@uom.ac.mu

Abstract

Over the last few decades, an impressive number of methods have been used to solve the Economic
Dispatch Problem (EDP) that considers such generator characteristics as prohibited operating zones,
multiple fuel options and valve-point effects. In relatively recent times, two algorithms, namely Particle
Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Differential Evolution (DE) have been introduced and have shown superior
performance. In this paper, using four widely used test systems with non-smooth cost functions; an attempt
is made to compare the performance of PSO and DE on this type of problem. The simulation results show
that DE is the better algorithm, outperforming PSO and other algorithms in the literature both in terms of
quality of solution and robustness.

Keywords

Economic dispatch, differential evolution, multiple fuels, particle swarm optimization, prohibited operating
zones, valve-point loading effects.

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