A meta-heuristic approach to the unit commitment problem under network constraints

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to solve the problem of committing electric power generators (unit commitment, UC), considering network constraints. Design/methodology/approach - The UC is first solved with a local search based meta-heuristic, following the assumption that all generators and...

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Main Author: Jorge Pereira (author)
Other Authors: Ana Viana (author), Bogdan G. Lucus (author), Manuel Matos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/97681
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/97681