Optimal Placement of Wind Power Plants in Transmission Power Networks by Applying an Effectively Proposed Metaheuristic Algorithm

Table 4

The results obtained by five implemented methods for Case 1.2.

Method	FBI	HBO	MSGO	CEA	MEA
Minimum cost ($/h)	763.96	762.72	765.22	762.89	762.52
Mean cost ($/h)	767.96	764.32	782.08	764.59	763.54
Maximum cost ($/h)	786.95	766.45	869.63	767.68	766.17
STD	4.45	0.96	18.27	1.29	0.94
N1	10	30	15	30	30
N3	100	100	100	100	100