Einstein International Journal Organization(EIJO)

Abstract  

In this paper, a novel optimization technique is planned to solve large scale non smooth Economic Dispatch (ED) problem involving Cubic Cost Functions (ED-CCF). The proposed approach is based on a Teaching Learning Based Optimization (TLBO) algorithm which mimics teaching–learning process in a class between the teacher and the learners. The TLBO method works on the philosophy of teaching and learning.  In order to validate the proposed methodology, comprehensive simulation results acquired on 156 unit test system are presented and examined. A comparative analysis with other settled nature inspired solution algorithm demonstrates the superior performance of the proposed methodology in terms of both solution accuracy and convergence performance.

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