Combining the daily operations of the utilities, the latest computer technology and the professional technology of distribution network planning, a practical GIS (Geographical Information System) based computer decision-making support system with eight sub systems for urban power distribution network planning is introduced. The models and functions of the system are described. This system has b...

Power grid planning and design platform is an integration power grid planning and design and technical-support platform system, serving in power grid companies at all levels and the planning and design unit multistage users for collaborative planning design, comprehensively supporting planning and design basis data management, major network planning, distribution network planning, project plann...

The vast majority of the developed planning methods for power distribution systems consider only one objective function to optimize. This function represents the economical costs of the systems. However, there are other planning aspects that should be considered but they can not be expressed in terms of costs; therefore, they need to be formulated as separate objective functions. This paper pre...