MCSA: Multi-strategy boosted chameleon-inspired optimization algorithm for engineering applications

Frequency, voltage and power flow between different control zones in an interconnected power system and are used to determine the standard quality of power. Therefore, the voltage and frequency control in an IPS is of vital importance to maintaining real and reactive power balance under varying load conditions. In this paper, a dandelion optimizer (DO)-based proportional-integral-proportional-derivative (PI-PD) controller is investigated for a realistic multi-area, multi-source, realistic IPS with nonlinearities. The output responses of the DO-based PI-PD were compared with the hybrid approach using artificial electric field-based fuzzy PID algorithm (HAEFA), Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA)-based PI-PD, learning performance-based behavior optimization (LPBO)-based PI-PD and modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO)-based PI-PD control schemes in a two-area network with 10% step load perturbation (SLP). The proposed strategy was also investigated in a two- and three-area IPS in the presence of different nonlinearities and SLPs. The simulation results and the comprehensive comparison between the different control schemes clearly confirm that the proposed DO-based PI-PD is very effective for realistic, multi-area multi-source IPS with nonlinearities.

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Dandelion Optimizer-Based Combined Automatic Voltage Regulation and Load Frequency Control in a Multi-Area, Multi-Source Interconnected Power System with Nonlinearities

Water-cycle algorithm based on evaporation rate (ErWCA) is a powerful enhanced version of the water-cycle algorithm (WCA) metaheuristics algorithm. ErWCA, like other algorithms, may still fall in the sub-optimal region and have a slow convergence, especially in high-dimensional tasks problems. This paper suggests an enhanced ErWCA (EErWCA) version, which embeds local escaping operator (LEO) as an internal operator in the updating process. ErWCA also uses a control-randomization operator. To verify this version, a comparison between EErWCA and other algorithms, namely, classical ErWCA, water cycle algorithm (WCA), butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA), bird swarm algorithm (BSA), crow search algorithm (CSA), grasshopper optimization algorithm (GOA), Harris Hawks Optimization (HHO), whale optimization algorithm (WOA), dandelion optimizer (DO) and fire hawks optimization (FHO) using IEEE CEC 2017, was performed. The experimental and analytical results show the adequate performance of the proposed algorithm.

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An Enhanced Evaporation Rate Water-Cycle Algorithm for Global Optimization

The stability control of nominal frequency and terminal voltage in an interconnected power system (IPS) is always a challenging task for researchers. The load variation or any disturbance affects the active and reactive power demands, which badly influence the normal working of IPS. In order to maintain frequency and terminal voltage at rated values, controllers are installed at generating stations to keep these parameters within the prescribed limits by varying the active and reactive power demands. This is accomplished by load frequency control (LFC) and automatic voltage regulator (AVR) loops, which are coupled to each other. Due to the complexity of the combined AVR-LFC model, the simultaneous control of frequency and terminal voltage in an IPS requires an intelligent control strategy. The performance of IPS solely depends upon the working of the controllers. This work presents the exploration of control methodology based on a proportional integral–proportional derivative (PI-PD) controller with combined LFC-AVR in a multi-area IPS. The PI-PD controller was tuned with recently developed nature-inspired computation algorithms including the Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA), learner performance-based behavior optimization (LPBO), and modified particle swarm optimization (MPSO). In the earlier part of this work, the proposed methodology was applied to a two-area IPS, and the output responses of LPBO-PI-PD, AOA-PI-PD, and MPSO-PI-PD control schemes were compared with an existing nonlinear threshold-accepting algorithm-based PID (NLTA-PID) controller. After achieving satisfactory results in the two-area IPS, the proposed scheme was examined in a three-area IPS with combined AVR and LFC. Finally, the reliability and efficacy of the proposed methodology was investigated on a three-area IPS with LFC-AVR with variations in the system parameters over a range of Â ± 50%. The simulation results and a comprehensive comparison between the controllers clearly demonstrates that the proposed control schemes including LPBO-PI-PD, AOA-PI-PD, and MPSO-PI-PD are very reliable, and they can effectively stabilize the frequency and terminal voltage in a multi-area IPS with combined LFC and AVR.

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Load Frequency Control and Automatic Voltage Regulation in a Multi-Area Interconnected Power System Using Nature-Inspired Computation-Based Control Methodology

Artificial neural networks (ANNs), one of the most important artificial intelligence techniques, are used extensively in modeling many types of problems. A successful training process is required to create effective models with ANN. An effective training algorithm is essential for a successful training process. In this study, a new neural network training algorithm called the hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm based on effective scout bee stage (HABCES) was proposed. The HABCES algorithm includes four fundamental changes. Arithmetic crossover was used in the solution generation mechanisms of the employed bee and onlooker bee stages. The knowledge of the global best solution was utilized by arithmetic crossover. Again, this solution generation mechanism also has an adaptive step size. Limit is an important control parameter. In the standard ABC algorithm, it is constant throughout the optimization. In the HABCES algorithm, it was determined dynamically depending on the number of generations. Unlike the standard ABC algorithm, the HABCES algorithm used a solution generation mechanism based on the global best solution in the scout bee stage. Through these features, the HABCES algorithm has a strong local and global convergence ability. Firstly, the performance of the HABCES algorithm was analyzed on the solution of global optimization problems. Then, applications on the training of the ANN were carried out. ANN was trained using the HABCES algorithm for the identification of nonlinear static and dynamic systems. The performance of the HABCES algorithm was compared with the standard ABC, aABC and ABCES algorithms. The results showed that the performance of the HABCES algorithm was better in terms of solution quality and convergence speed. A performance increase of up to 69.57% was achieved by using the HABCES algorithm in the identification of static systems. This rate is 46.82% for the identification of dynamic systems.

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A New Neural Network Training Algorithm Based on Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Nonlinear System Identification

Dandelion Optimizer: A nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for engineering applications

Sea-horse optimizer: a novel nature-inspired meta-heuristic for global optimization problems

Feature selection is a crucial preprocessing technique in data mining and machine learning and has attracted increasing attentions. However, the relevance of existing methods only contains limited information. To enhance the classification ability of filter and information theory-based feature selection methods and reduce the redundancy of the selected subset, a relevant-redundant weight-based feature criterion (FSRRW) is proposed. In this paper, a feature relevant-redundant weight (RRW) is constructed to extract the important relevant and redundant information. Then, a novel feature relevance is defined based on the weight, which contains more comprehensive information from the dynamically changing features. Additionally, a feature evaluation criterion is presented via maximizing the feature relevance and minimizing the feature redundancy. The proposed algorithm and seven compared methods are tested on 20 benchmark datasets. Extensive experiments demonstrate that the proposed criterion exhibits better feature screening abilities, effectively facilitates classification, and has preferable applicability and robustness. 

Shijie Zhao

Papers

Dandelion Optimizer: A nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for engineering applications

Sea-horse optimizer: a novel nature-inspired meta-heuristic for global optimization problems

A feature selection method via relevant-redundant weight

A power reformulation continuous-time algorithm for nonconvex distributed constrained optimization over multi-agent systems

A dynamic support ratio of selected feature-based information for feature selection