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With the widespread application of co-generation units, the combined heat and power economic dispatch (CHPED) has become an important issue in the power system operation. Existing research work mostly focuses on small- or medium-scale CHPED problem, and there is very little research work on large-scale CHPED problems. Considering the characteristics of high-dimensional variables and huge search space in large-scale CHPED problem, it brings great challenge to the existing algorithms. In this paper, an improved differential evolution algorithm, called self-adaptive differential evolution with Gaussian–Cauchy mutation (SDEGCM), is proposed to solve the large-scale CHPED problem. In SDEGCM, in order to improve the performance, two strategies namely Gaussian–Cauchy mutation and parameter self-adaptation are introduced. Moreover, a constraint repair technique is used in SDEGCM to deal with complex operating constraints. The SDEGCM is applied to solve three large-scale CHPED problems with 48, 84 and 96 units, and compared with three well-established differential evolution and other methods in the literature. It is found that the proposed SDEGCM has advantages in terms of solution accuracy and stability for the large-scale CHPED problem.
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- ABC:
Artificial bee colony
- BA:
Bat algorithm
- BLPSO:
Biogeography-based learning particle swarm optimization
- CHP:
Combined heat and power
- CHPED:
Combined heat and power economic dispatch
- COA:
Cuckoo optimization algorithm
- CSA:
Cuckoo search algorithm
- CSA-BA-ABC:
Hybridizing bat algorithm and artificial bee colony with chaotic based self-adaptive search
- CSO:
Crisscross optimization algorithm
- DE:
Differential evolution
- DEGM:
Differential evolution with Gaussian mutation
- ECSA:
Effective cuckoo search algorithm
- FA:
Firefly algorithm
- FSRPSO:
Hybrid firefly and self-regulating particle swarm optimization
- GA:
Genetic algorithm
- GCM:
Gaussian–Cauchy mutation strategy
- GSA:
Gravitational search algorithm
- GSO:
Group search optimization
- HS:
Harmony search
- HTS:
Heat transfer search
- IABC:
Improved artificial bee colony
- IGA-NCM:
Improved genetic algorithm using novel crossover and mutation
- JADE:
Adaptive differential evolution with optional external archive
- KKO:
Kho-kho optimization
- LHS:
Latin hypercube sampling
- MADS:
Mesh adaptive direct search algorithm
- MPHS:
Multi-player harmony search method
- PSA:
Parameter self-adaptive strategy
- PSO:
Particle swarm optimization
- RCGA-CRWM:
Real-coded genetic algorithm with random walk-based mutation
- RCGA-IMM:
Real-coded genetic algorithm with improved Muhlenbein mutation
- SABBO:
Biogeography-based optimization with simulated annealing
- SaDE:
Self-adaptive differential evolution
- SDEGCM:
Self-adaptive differential evolution with Gauss and Cauchy mutation
- SFO:
Sailfish optimization
- SFS:
Stochastic fractal search
- SRPSO:
Self-regulating particle swarm optimization
- TCSO:
Social cognitive optimization with tent map
- TVAC-GSA-PSO:
Hybrid gravitational search algorithm-particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration coefficients
- TVAC-PSO:
Particle swarm optimization with time varying acceleration coefficients
- WOA:
Whale optimization algorithm
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Chen, X., Shen, A. Self-adaptive differential evolution with Gaussian–Cauchy mutation for large-scale CHP economic dispatch problem.Neural Comput & Applic34, 11769–11787 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-022-07068-w
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