Research Article

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

Table 9

Reliability based on 100 independent runs for fifteen units system with = 3080 MW [37].

MethodMinimum costMean costSTD of costMaximum costMean CPU time

Proposed
 PS17524.7817659.341543.7217860.120.394373
 SA17598.1917623.781872.8317765.2314.15776
 SQP17653.1117723.141712.34189023.10.148936
 PS-SQP17201.9817543.761612.3517678.910.543309
 SA-SQP17491.1717502.121709.1217233.2414.306696