Optimal Capacitor Placement in Distribution Systems Employing Ant Colony Search Algorithm

• Published in: Electric power components and systems Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 931 - 946
• Main Authors: Su, Ching-Tzong, Chang, Chung-Fu, Chiou, Ji-Pyng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01.08.2005
• Subjects: ant placement; capacitor placement; fitness; pheromone; reactive compensation

This article introduces an ant colony search algorithm (ACSA) to solve the optimal capacitor placement problem. This ACSA is a relatively new meta-heuristic for solving hard combinational optimization problems. It is a population-based approach that uses exploration of positive feedback as well as g...