Optimal power flow using group search optimizer with intraspecific competition and lévy walk

Abstract

This paper presents an enhanced group search optimizer (GSO), group search optimizer with intraspecific competition and lévy walk (GSOICLW), to solve the optimal power flow (OPF) problem. GSOICLW s a more biologically realistic algorithm and performs better balance between global and local searching than GSO n hat intraspecific competition IC) and lévy walk (LW) are introduced o GSO. GSOICLW is tested or the OPF problem on the IEEE 30-bus power system, with green house gases emission constraint considered. Simulation results demonstrate the accuracy and reliability of the proposed algorithm, compared with other evolutionary algorithms EAs).