Improved Genetic Algorithm for Distribution System Performance Analysis by Taking Advantage of Essential Spanning Trees

Table 1

Results summary from 25 runs of the FNSGA on the 16-bus test system with various values for N with Gen = 5.

Gen	N	Average CPU time (seconds)	Total no. of Solutions	Number of unique solutions	Maximum occurrence rate (percent)
5	2	0.048	49	17	24
5	4	0.073	66	18	48
5	8	0.146	97	16	44
5	12	0.203	110	12	80
5	16	0.265	118	11	92
5	20	0.330	118	9	96
5	24	0.369	118	10	96
5	28	0.436	118	7	100
5	30	0.448	122	8	100