Metaheuristic Optimization Methods Implementation for OPF Problem
Presented optimization methods have been employed to solve the OPF problem. The elements of search agent uiare generator active power output (except the slack generator), generator bus voltages, tap positions of regulating transformers, and reactive power outputs of shunt VAR compensators (see Eq. 6). In a system with N search agents, the position of the i th agent is defined by:
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General flow chart for the OPF solution using metaheuristic optimization methods is shown in Fig. 1.
Figure 1. Flow chart of metaheuristic optimization method based OPF solution.