%0 Journal Article
%T Swarm Intelligence in Power System Planning
%A Ke Meng
%A Z.Y. Dong
%A Yichen Qiao
%J International Journal of Clean Coal and Energy
%P 1-7
%@ 2168-1538
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ijcce.2013.22B001
%X Power system planning is one of the essential tasks in the power system operation management, which requires in-depth knowledge of the system under consideration. It can be regarded as a nonlinear, discontinuous, constrained multi objective optimization problem. Although the traditional optimization tools can be used, the modern planning problem requires more advanced optimization tools. In this paper, a survey of state-of-the-art mathematical optimization methods that facilitates power system planning is provided, and the needs of introducing swarm intelligence approaches into power system planning are discussed.
%K Power System Planning
%K Swarm Intelligence
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=35140