Distributed generation, with respect to its ability in utilizing the alternative resources of
energy, provides a promising future for power generation in electric networks. Distributed …

Distributed generators (DGs) are a reliable solution to supply economic and reliable
electricity to customers. It is the last stage in delivery of electric power which can be defined …

Abstract Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is a new swarm intelligence algorithm mimicking the
behaviours of grey wolves. Its abilities include fast convergence, simplicity and easy …

Abstract The three-dimensional (3D) path planning of unmanned robots focuses on avoiding
collisions with obstacles and finding an optimized path to the target location in a complex …

In this paper, we present a new algorithm of swarm intelligence, namely, Cat Swarm
Optimization (CSO). CSO is generated by observing the behaviors of cats, and composed of …

Distributed generation has gained a lot of attractions in the power sector due to its ability in
power loss reduction, increased reliability, low investment cost, and most significantly, to …

Optimization problems are very important in many fields. To the present, many optimization
algorithms based on computational intelligence have been proposed, such as the Genetic …

An enhanced Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) optimization algorithm, which is called the
Interactive Artificial Bee Colony (IABC) optimization, for numerical optimization problems, is …

Ant Colony Optimization algorithms have been successfully applied to solve the Traveling
Salesman Problem (TSP). However, they still have a tendency to fall into local optima …

Ant colony optimization (ACO) is a well-known swarm intelligence method, inspired in the
social behavior of ant colonies for solving optimization problems. When facing large and …