In this research a multi-objective Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (MOICA) is applied for Environmental and Economic Power Dispatch (EED) problem. Due to the environmental concerns that arise from the emissions produced via fossil-fueled electric power plants, the classical economic dispatch, which operates electric power systems so as to minimize only the total fuel cost, can no longer be co...

ABSTRACT: Decentralized load frequency controller (LFC) for multiarea power system using the state feedback controller based on Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is developed and studied in this paper.In this method, an objective cost function is used to design the gains of the state feedback matrix. The proposed cost function decrease the frequency deviation and power flow variations bet...

the multiple traveling salesman problem (mtsp) is a generalization of the famous traveling salesman problem (tsp), where more than one salesman is used in the solution. although the mtsp is a typical kind of computationally complex combinatorial optimization problem, it can be extended to a wide variety of routing problems. this paper presents an efficient and evolutionary optimization algorith...

The quality of manufactured products is characterized by many controllable quality factors. These factors should be optimized to reach high quality products. In this paper we try to find the controllable factor’s levels with minimum deviation from their target and with a least variation. To solve such problems a simple aggregation function is used to aggregate the multiple response functions fo...

In this paper, a multi-product continues review inventory control problem within batch arrival queuing approach (MQr/M/1) is modeled to find the optimal quantities of maximum inventory. The objective function is to minimize summation of ordering, holding and shortage costs under warehouse space, service level, and expected lost-sales shortage cost constraints from retailer and warehouse viewpoi...

Article history: Received 18 January 2011 Received in revised form 14 March 2012 Accepted 3 August 2012 Available online xxxx

The paper proposes a novel evolutionary optimization approach of solving a multi-robot stick-carrying problem. The problem refers to determine the time-optimal trajectory of a stick, being carried by two robots, from a given starting position to a predefined goal position amidst static obstacles in a robot world-map. The problem has been solved using a new hybrid evolutionary algorithm. Hybridi...

this paper deals with volume fraction optimization of functionally graded (fg) beams resting on elastic foundation for maximizing the first natural frequency. the two-constituent functionally graded beam consists of ceramic and metal. these constituents are graded through the thickness of beam according to a generalized power-law distribution. one of the advantages of using generalized power- l...