Research Article

An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization with Biogeography-Based Learning Strategy for Economic Dispatch Problems

Table 7

Comparison of fuel costs and statistical results for test system 3 (20-unit system,  MW).

AlgorithmMinimum cost ($/h)Mean cost ($/h)Maximum cost ($/h)Standard deviationTime (s)

EHNN [65]62,610NANANA0.11
-iteration [64]62456.6391NANANA33.757
HM [64]62456.6341NANANA6.355
GSO [66]62456.633262456.633662456.6353NA30.45
CQGSO [66]62456.63362456.633162456.63337NA11.13
BBO [22]62456.779362456.792862456.7928NANA
BSA [22]62456.692562457.151762458.1272NA14.477
CBA [58]62456.632862456.634862501.67140.38791.16

CLPSO62456.4462456.8462457.100.172.68
SLPSO62456.9262457.3862458.060.283.80
BLPSO62456.5862456.6462456.650.012.75

NA means the data are not available in the literature.