Sun is considered as an important source of energy, and nowadays it is studied by
researches from different areas. The current technologies are not able to convert solar …

Recently, Manta ray foraging optimization (MRFO) has been developed and applied for
solving few engineering optimization problems. In this paper, an elegant approach based on …

Floods are among the deadliest natural hazards for humans and the environment.
Identifying the most flood-susceptible areas is a fundamental step in the development of …

The growing costs of fuel and operation of power generating units warrant improvement of
optimization methodologies for economic dispatch (ED) problems. The practical ED …

This paper thoroughly reviews and analyzes the main characteristics and application
portfolio of the so-called Harmony Search algorithm, a meta-heuristic approach that has …

Strategic planning for optimal operation of modern power systems has always been a
significant task to satisfy the techno‐social aspects in the sustainable energy scenario. In the …

This paper proposes a multi-objective harmony search (MOHS) algorithm for optimal power
flow (OPF) problem. OPF problem is formulated as a non-linear constrained multi-objective …

Owing to no free lunch theorem, meta-heuristic search algorithms, behaviour and
performance are different for solving specific class of optimization problems than another …

Harmony search (HS) algorithm was conceptualized using an analogy with music
improvisation process where music players improvise the pitches of their instruments to …

A new global particle swarm optimization (NGPSO) algorithm is proposed to solve the
economic emission dispatch (EED) problems in this paper. NGPSO is different from the …