this paper proposes the exchange market algorithm (ema) to solve the combined economic and emission dispatch (ceed) problems in thermal power plants. the ema is a new, robust and efficient algorithm to exploit the global optimum point in optimization problems. existence of two seeking operators in ema provides a high ability in exploiting global optimum point. in order to show the capabilities ...

this study proposes a combination of a fuzzy sliding mode controller (fsmc) with integral-proportion-derivative switching surface based superconducting magnetic energy storage (smes) and pid tuned by a multi-objective optimization algorithm to solve the load frequency control in power systems. the goal of design is to improve the dynamic response of power systems after load demand changes. in t...

Ordinal Optimization is a tool to reduce the computational burden in simulation-based optimization problems. The major effort in this field so far focuses on single-objective optimization. In this paper we extend this to multi-objective optimization, and develop Vector Ordinal Optimization, which is different from the one introduced in Ref. 1. Alignment probability and ordered performance curve...

in this paper, a new alternative method for order reduction of high order systems is presented based on optimization of multi objective fitness function by using harmony search algorithm. at first, step response of full order system is obtained as a vector, then, a suitable fixed structure considered for model order reduction which order of original system is bigger than fixed structure model. ...

in this study, the application of gray relational analysis (gra) and taguchi method in multi-criteria process parameters selection of turning operation has been investigated. the process responses under study are material removal rate (mrr) and surface roughness (sr); in turn, the input parameters include cutting speed, feed rate, depth of cut and nose radius of the cutting tool. the proposed a...

the national bridge stock of iran consists of about 330,000 bridges, of which around 50% are older than 30 years. since 2010, iran road maintenance & transportation organization has started implementing a comprehensive bridge management system in order to manage this aged stock efficiently. to predict future conditions of bridge stock, a heuristic numerical method is presented. this methodology...

abstract. when a production facility is designed, there are various parameters affecting the number machines such as production capacity and reliability. it is often a tedious task to optimize different objectives simultaneously. the other issue is the uncertainty in many design parameters which makes it difficult to reach a desirable solution. in this paper, we present a new mathematical model...

Gas turbines can be found in many industrial application areas. Gas turbine generation is limited by some undesirable effects which can be incorporated as operational constraints. Because of importance of energy, optimization of power generation systems is necessary. In order to achieving higher efficiencies, some propositions are preferred such as recovery of heat from exhaust gases in a regen...