Research Article

Improved Solutions for the Optimal Coordination of DOCRs Using Firefly Algorithm

Table 6

The complexity of the DOCR problems as the bus size increases.

Number IEEE 3-bus IEEE 4-busIEEE 6-busIEEE 8-bus

Number of lines 3 4 77
Number of DOCRs (relays) 6 8 1414
Number of decision variables 12 16 2828
Number of selectivity constraints 8 9 3840
Number of restricted constraints 24 32 104104