An Improved Equilibrium Optimizer for Optimal Placement of Distributed Generators in Distribution Systems considering Harmonic Distortion Limits

Table 6

The comparison of the objective function values for the IEEE 69-bus system.

Method	OFI		OFII		OF	Real loss (MW)	Cost of DGUs (million $)
MOBA [34]	0.3268		0.3333		0.3281	0.0734	3.1393
GA [39]	0.3962		0.4996		0.4168	0.0889	4.7049
PSO [39]	0.3715		0.4980		0.3968	0.0834	4.6900
GA-PSO [39]	0.3612		0.4980		0.3886	0.0811	4.6901
LSF-SA [40]	0.3434		0.3635		0.3474	0.0771	3.4239
BFOA [41]	0.3350		0.3480		0.3376	0.0752	3.2776
HSA [43]	0.3866		0.2955		0.3684	0.0868	2.7833
ABC	0.3225		0.3493		0.3279	0.0724	3.2893
SSA	0.3216		0.3472		0.3267	0.0723	3.2699
EO	0.3207		0.3490		0.3264	0.0720	3.2868
IEO	0.3206		0.3487		0.3262	0.07197	3.2840