Research Article

Opposition-Based Improved PSO for Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch and Voltage Control

Table 1

Comparison of optimal results for different methods.

ParametersLosses (p.u.)

GA [22]; 0.04650
GSA [23]; 0.04617
DE [24]; 0.04550*
OGSA [25]; 0.04498*
PSO [26]; ; 0.04814
CLPSO [26]; 0.04721
OIPSO; ; ; ; ; ; 0.04594

CR is crossover rate; is mutation rate; is the gravitational constant; is learning probability, *The reactive compensation and transformer tap variables are continuous.