A Memetic Approach for Improving Minimum Cost of Economic Load Dispatch Problems

Algorithm 1

The general solution steps of the metaheuristic algorithms for ELD.

Step  1. Initialization of the population for the parent generation

Step  2. Iterations

  Step  2.1. Creation of the population for the new generation

  Step  2.2. Competition among populations

  Step  2.3. Population update

Step  3. Termination