Performance of Various Metaheuristic Techniques for Economic Dispatch Problem with Valve Point Loading Effects and Multiple Fueling Options

Table 2

Parameter setting/values using SQP method.

Sequential quadratic programming
Parameters	Settings
Start point	Final weights of PS or SA
Bounds	Specific lower and upper limit of generators
X-tolerance	10^−12
Function tolerance	10^−12
Hessian	BFGS
Scaling	Objective and constraints
Maximum iterations	1000
Maximum function evaluations	1500
Others	Default