A novel movable partitions approach with neural networks and evolutionary algorithms for solving the hydroelectric unit commitment problem

Pedro De Lima Abrão, Elizabeth F. Wanner, Paulo E.M. Almeida

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Abstract

This paper presents a method based on Neural Networks and Evolutionary Algorithms to solve the Hydroelectric Unit Commitment Problem. A Neural Network is used to model the production function and a novel approach based on movable partitions is proposed, which makes it easier to model the desired power output equality constraint in the optimization modeling. Three evolutionary algorithms are tested in order to find optimized operation points: differential evolution DE/best/1/bin, a balanced version of DE and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (PSO). The results show that the proposed method is effective in terms of water consumption, reaching in some cases more than 1% of economy whether compared to the traditional commitment strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGECCO 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Pages1205-1212
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2013
Event2013 15th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2013 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 6 Jul 201310 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameGECCO 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Conference

Conference2013 15th Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, GECCO 2013
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period6/07/1310/07/13

Keywords

  • Energy generation and storage
  • Neural systems
  • Operations research
  • Optimization algorithms
  • Renewable energy

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