Date of Publication :8th March 2017

Abstract: This paper proposes application of cuckoo search algorithm for solving economic load dispatch problem. cuckoo search algorithm is based on aggressive reproduction strategy of fascinating birds, cuckoos. The proposed approach has been examined and tested with the numerical results of economic load dispatch problems with three and five generating units with valve point loading without considering prohibited operating zones and ramp rate limits. The results of the proposed cuckoo search algorithm are compared with that of other techniques such as lambda iteration, and ABC. For both the cases, the proposed algorithm outperforms the solution reported for the existing algorithms. In addition, the promising results show the robustness, fast convergence and efficiency of the proposed technique

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