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The objective in this paper is about economic dispatch problem of electric power generation where scheduling the committed generating units outputs so as to meet the required load demand at minimum operating cost, while satisfying all units and system equality and inequality constraint. In the operating of electric power system, an economic planning problem is one of variables that its must be considered since economically planning will give more efficiency in operational cost. In this paper the economic dispatch problem which has non linear cost function solved by using swarm intelligent method is Gaussian Particle Swarm Optimization (GPSO) and Lagrange Multiplier. GPSO is a population-based stochastic algorithms which their moving inspired by swarm intelligent and probabilities theories. To analize its accuracy, the economic dispatch solution by GPSO method will be compared with Lagrange multiplier method. From the running test result the GPSO method give economically planning calculation which it better than Lagrange multiplier method and the GPSO method faster to getting error convergence. Therefore the GPSO method have better performance to getting global best solution than the Lagrange method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The basic objective of Transmission Expansion Planning (TEP) is to schedule a number of transmission projects along an extended planning horizon minimizing the network construction and operational costs while satisfying the requirement of delivering power safely and reliably to load centres along the horizon. This principle is quite simple, but the complexity of the problem and the impact on society transforms TEP on a challenging issue. This paper describes a new approach to solve the dynamic TEP problem, based on an improved discrete integer version of the Evolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization (EPSO) meta-heuristic algorithm. The paper includes sections describing in detail the EPSO enhanced approach, the mathematical formulation of the TEP problem, including the objective function and the constraints, and a section devoted to the application of the developed approach to this problem. Finally, the use of the developed approach is illustrated using a case study based on the IEEE 24 bus 38 branch test system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A study of shape optimization has become increasingly popular in academia and industry. A typical problem is to find an optimal shape, which minimizes (or maximizes) a certain cost function and satisfies given constraints. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has received a lot of attention in past years and is inspired by social behaviour of some animals such as flocking behaviour of birds. This paper focuses on a possibility of a diffuser shape optimization using particle swarm optimization (PSO), which is coupled with CFD simulation. Influence of main parameters of PSO-algorithm and later diffuser shapes obtained with this method are discussed and advantages/disadvantages summarized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) technique has been introduced as a promising solution to the rapid increase of data traffic. However, although MDM has the potential to increase transmission capacity and significantly reduce the cost and complexity of parallel systems, it also has its challenges. Along the optical fibre link, the deficient characteristics always exist. These characteristics, damage the orthogonality of the modes and lead to mode coupling, causing Inter-symbol interference (SI) which limit the capacity of MDM system. In order to mitigate the effects of mode coupling, an adaptive equalization scheme based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm has been proposed. Compared to other traditional algorithms that have been used in the equalization process on the MDM system such as least mean square (LMS) and recursive least squares (RLS) algorithms, simulation results demonstrate that the PSO algorithm has flexibility and higher convergence speed for mitigating the effects of nonlinear mode coupling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]