Table of Contents

Page Part 1: Theory of Evolutionary Computation Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Theory of Evolutionary Computation Overview of Applications in Power Systems Fundamentals of Genetic Algorithm Fundamentals of Evolution Strategies and Evolutionary Programming Fundamentals of Particle Swarm Techniques Fundamentals of Simulated Annealing Fundamentals of Tabu Search Hybrid Systems: An Example with Fuzzy Systems 1 16 24 33 45 52 67 81

Part 2: Selected Applications of Evolutionary Computation Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16 Chapter 17. Application of Evolutionary Technique to Power System Security Assessment Generation Expansion and Reactive Power Planning Network Planning Operational Planning: Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch Power System Controls: Particle Swarm Technique Power Plant Controls: Feedforward and Feedback Controller Design for Wide Range Operation Using Genetic Algorithm State Estimation Hybrid Models and Shade of Lamarckism Additional References on Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques 152 163 175 190 218 96 101 114 130 138

Contributors Biographies

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