Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques (eBook)

Kwang Y. Lee, PhD, is a Professor and Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Baylor University (Texas). He is a Fellow of the IEEE. He was an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and is an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. He was also a member of the board of directors of the International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems (ISAP). Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, founder of the International Forum on the Application of Neural Networks to Power Systems (ANNPS), and cofounder of the International Conference on Intelligent System Applications to Power Systems (ISAP).

Preface.

Contributors.

Part 1: Theory of Modern Heuristic Optimization.

1. Introduction to Evolutionary Computation (David B. Fogel)

2. Fundamentals of Genetic Algorithms (Alexandre P. Alves daSilva and Djalma M. Falcao)

3. Fundamentals of Evolution Strategies and EvolutionaryProgramming (Vladimiro Miranda)

4. Fundamentals of Particle Swarm Optimization Techniques(Yoshikazu Fukuyama)

5. Fundamentals of Ant Colony Search Algorithms (Yong-Hua Song,Haiyan Lu, Kwang Y. Lee, and I.K. Yu)

6. Fundamentals of Tabu Search (Alcir J. Monticelli, RubenRomero, and Eduardo Nobuhiro Asada)

7. Fundamentals of Simulated Annealing (Alcir J. Monticelli,Ruben Romero, and Eduardo Nobuhiro Asada)

8. Fuzzy Systems (Germano Lambert-Torres)

9. Differential Evolution, an Alternative Approach toEvolutionary Algorithm (Kit Po Wong and Zhao Yang Dong)

10. Pareto Multiobjective Optimization (Patrick N. Ngatchou,Anahita Zarei, Warren L. J. Fox, and Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi)

11. Trust-Tech Paradigm for Computing High-Quality OptimalSolutions: Method and Theory (Hsiao-Dong Chaing and JaewookLee)

Part 2: Selected Applications of Modern HeuristicOptimization in Power Systems.

12. Overview of Applications in Power Systems (Alexandre P.Alves da Silva, Djalma M. Falcao, and Kwang Y. Lee)

13. Application of Evolutionary Technique to Power SystemVulnerability Assessment (Mingoo Kim, Mohamed A. el-Sharkawi,Robert J. Marks, and Ioannis N. Kassabalidis)

14. Applications to System Planning (Eduardo Nobuhiro Asada,Youngjae Jeon, Kwang Y. Lee, Vladimiro Miranda, Alcir J.Monticelli, Koichi Nara, Jong-Bae Park, Ruben Romero, and Yong-HuaSong)

15. Applications to Power System Scheduling (Koay Chin Aik, LoiLei Lai, Kwang Y. Lee, Haiyan Lu, Jong-Bae Park, Young-Hua Song,Dipti Srinivasan, John G. Vlachogiannis, and I.K. Yu)

16. Power System Controls (Yoshikazu Fukuyama, HamidGhezelayagh, Kwang Y. Lee, Chen-Ching Liu, Yong-Hua Song, and YingXiao)

17. Genetic Algorithms for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problems(Loi Lei Lai and Nidul Sinha)

18. An Interactive Compromise Programming-Based MultiobjectiveApproach to FACTS Control (Ying Xiao, Young-Hua Song, andChen-Ching Liu)

19. Hybrid Systems (Vladimiro Miranda)

Index.

This text provides excellent, expert level, treatment of a very important systems engineering topic that will benefit students and practicing engineers. (IEEE Power Electronics Society Newsletter, 3rd Quarter, 2008)