Harmony Search Algorithm with Opposition-Based Learning for Power System Economic Load Dispatch
A harmony search algorithm with opposition-based learning techniques (HS-OBL) to solve power system economic load dispatch has been presented. The proposed algorithm integrates the opposition-based learning operation with the improvisation process to prevent the HS-OBL algorithm from being trapped into the local optimum effectively. Besides, a new adjusting strategy is designed to dynamic adjust pitch adjusting rate (PAR) and harmony memory consideration rate (HMCR), which is to further improve the performance of algorithm. The HS-OBL is employed to solve 6 units and 13 units power system, the numerical results indicate that the HS-OBL has perform much better than harmony search(HS) algorithm and other improved algorithms that reported in recent literature.