Genetic Algorithms And Its Application To Economic Load Dispatch

Genetic Algorithm (GA) is a search method that simulates the process of natural selection and it attempts to find a good solution to some problem by randomly generating a collection of potential solutions to the problem and then manipulating those solutions using genetic operators. Through selection, mutation and re-combination (crossover) operations, better solutions are hopefully generated out of the current set of potential solutions. This process continues until an acceptable solution is found. GA is becoming popular to solve the optimization problems mainly because of its robustness in finding optimal solution and ability to provide near optimal solution close to global optimum. The ELD approach is tested on sample 3-generator system with the load of 24 hours.