Research Article

A Novel Adaptive Elite-Based Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to VAR Optimization in Electric Power Systems

Table 5

Performance of different methods used to minimize based on 10 simulation results (convergence tolerance = 0.01).

Proposed methodPSOCPSODEGA

Min (Time) 0.00820.0098
Generation8501416
Time (s)0.13490.1158

Mean (Time) 0.00930.0095
Generation543510347
Time (s)0.87730.8910

Max (Time) 0.00980.0100
Generation1155330425
Time (s)1.60462.4117