Optimal operation of cascade reservoirs based on cloud variation-artificial bee colony algorithm
LI Wenl · Journal of Hydroelectric Engineering · 2014
This paper describes a rapid evolutionary cloud variation-artificial bee colony algorithm for optimization of the operation of high-dimensional and complex cascade reservoirs, a combination algorithm that integrates the cloud model principle and resolves the problems of dimension disaster and trapping into local optima. This algorithm preserves the variety of ABC, avoids the premature of ABC, and has higher overall searching efficiency. Application to a case study verifies that the new algorithm is cost-saving and more accurate than traditional algorithm. It would provide a new approach to optimal operation of cascade reservoirs.