Cascade reservoir operation optimization based-on improved Cuckoo Search
Bo Ming · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 2015
It is a fundamental task to solve the cascade reservoir operation model. The improved CuckooSearch algorithm provides a new idea. The Cuckoo Search algorithm(CS) is a new meta-heuristic algo-rithm for global search proposed in recent years. This new algorithm is very simple in structure,easy in ap-plication and effective in global search,thus drawing a widely attention in the world. In this paper,the op-timization mechanism of Cuckoo Search was analyzed. To further enhance the search efficiency,a dynamicdetection probability and population variation mechanism were introduced to form the improved cuckoosearch algorithm(ICS). The feasibility and effectiveness of ICS was validated by the application in cascadereservoir operation optimization. A case study reveals that the proposed strategies could obviously overcomethe premature of standard CS algorithm. The ICS has been proved to be more efficient in optimization interms of a greater power generation and stability of the optimal results.