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

Table 9

Comparison of fuel costs and statistical results for test system 4 (38-unit system,  MW).

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

New-PSO [67]9516448.312NANANANA
PSO-TVAC [67]9500448.307NANANANA
HS [68]9,419,9609,421,0569,427,466NA10.02
HHSÂ [68]9,417,3259,417,3369,417,466NA5.06
BBOÂ [41]9417633.638NANANANA
DE/BBO [41]9417235.786NANANANA
MsEBBO [35]9417235.7769417235.7799417235.7780.0032NA
IDE [28]9417235.7869417235.7869417235.7866.00E-099.149

CLPSO9418283.799419255.189420192.8526.512.86
SLPSO9418407.119419560.629425492.541312.23.53
BLPSO9417208.199417234.169417235.95.232.89

NA means the data are not available in the literature.