• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.413-419
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• 2007

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem was introduced by Carpentier in 1962 as a network constrained economic dispatch problem. Since then, it has been intensively studied and widely used in power system operation and planning. In the past few decades, many stochastic optimization methods such as Genetic Algorithm (GA), Evolutionary Programming (EP), and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) have been applied to solve the OPF problem. In particular, PSO is a newly proposed population based stochastic optimization algorithm. The main idea behind it is based on the food-searching behavior of birds and fish. Compared with other stochastic optimization methods, PSO has comparable or even superior search performance for some hard optimization problems in real power systems. Nowadays, some modifications such as breeding and selection operators are considered to make the PSO superior and robust. In this paper, we propose the Modified PSO (MPSO), in which the mutation operator of GA is incorporated into the conventional PSO to improve the search performance. To verify the optimal solution searching ability, the proposed approach has been evaluated on an IEEE 3D-bus test system. The results showed that performance of the proposed approach is better than that of the standard PSO.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제56권10호
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• pp.1699-1708
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• 2007

The optimal power flow(OPF) problem was introduced by Carpentier in 1962 as a network constrained economic dispatch problem. Since then, the OPF problem has been intensively studied and widely used in power system operation and planning. In these days, OPF is becoming more and more important in the deregulation environment of power pool and there is an urgent need of faster solution technique for on-line application. To solve OPF problem, many heuristic optimization methods have been developed, such as Genetic Algorithm(GA), Evolutionary Programming(EP), Evolution Strategies(ES), and Particle Swarm Optimization(PSO). Especially, PSO algorithm is a newly proposed population based heuristic optimization algorithm which was inspired by the social behaviors of animals. However, population based heuristic optimization methods require higher computing time to find optimal point. This shortcoming is overcome by a straightforward parallel processing of PSO algorithm. The developed parallel PSO algorithm is implemented on a PC cluster system with 6 Intel Pentium IV 2GHz processors. The proposed approach has been tested on the IEEE 30-bus system. The results showed that computing time of parallelized PSO algorithm can be reduced by parallel processing without losing the quality of solution.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.610-616
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• 2004

생체 공학이나 신경생리학, 로봇공학에서는 인간의 2족 보행 메커니즘을 알아내는 것이 중요한 연구과제이며 그에 대한 연구 성과는 재활도구나 컴퓨터 애니메이션 및 인간형 로봇과 같은 다양한 응용분야에 있어서의 기초 기술로서 제공되어질 것을 기대하고 있다. 반면에 인간의 2보행 운동은 신경계와 역학계에 의한 복잡한 상호작용으로, 그 실현 메커니즘에 있어 신경계의 구체적인 제어방법에 관해서는 그 복잡성 때문에 아직 많은 부분이 불명확하게 남겨져 있다. 따라서 전문가에 의한, 매번 시행착오를 통해 신경계의 상세한 설계를 할 필요가 있다. 이 논문은 유전자 프로그래밍을 이용하여 신경계의 구조와 Parameter를 자동적으로 최적화하는 모델을 제안하고 시뮬레이션을 통해 타당성을 확인하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2014

In this study, four widely accepted and used variants of Evolution Strategies (ES) are adapted and applied to the output-error state-space identification problem. The selection of ES is justified by prior strong indication of superior performance to similar problems, over alternatives like Genetic Algorithms (GA) or Evolutionary Programming (EP). The ES variants that are being tested are (i) the (1+1)-ES, (ii) the $({\mu}/{\rho}+{\lambda})-{\sigma}$-SA-ES, (iii) the $({\mu}_I,{\lambda})-{\sigma}$-SA-ES, and (iv) the (${\mu}_w,{\lambda}$)-CMA-ES. The study is based on a six-degree-of-freedom (DOF) structural model of a shear building that is characterized by light damping (up to 5%). The envisaged analysis is taking place through Monte Carlo experiments under two different excitation types (stationary / non-stationary) and the applied ES are assessed in terms of (i) accurate modal parameters extraction, (ii) statistical consistency, (iii) performance under noise-corrupted data, and (iv) performance under non-stationary data. The results of this suggest that ES are indeed competitive alternatives in the non-linear state-space estimation problem and deserve further attention.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

Proportional.Integral.Derivative control schemes continue to provide the simplest and effective solutions to most of the control engineering applications today. However PID controller is poorly tuned in practice with most of the tuning done manually which is difficult and time consuming. This research comes up with a soft computing approach involving Genetic Algorithm, Evolutionary Programming, and Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant colony optimization. The proposed algorithm is used to tune the PID parameters and its performance has been compared with the conventional methods like Ziegler Nichols and Lambda method. The results obtained reflect that use of heuristic algorithm based controller improves the performance of process in terms of time domain specifications, set point tracking, and regulatory changes and also provides an optimum stability. This research addresses comparison of tuning of the PID controller using soft computing techniques on Machine Direction of basics weight control in pulp and paper industry. Compared to other conventional PID tuning methods, the result shows that better performance can be achieved with the soft computing based tuning method. The ability of the designed controller, in terms of tracking set point, is also compared and simulation results are shown.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.131-145
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• 2010

ERP, SCM 등과 같은 기업용 정보 시스템을 활용함에 있어, 고객의 문의에 따라 제품 판매 가능 유무와 가능일자를 계산하여 통보해 주는 지능형 ATP 시스템은 전산 정보를 활용하여 고객 만족도를 최대화할 수 있는 유용한 기능이라고 할 수 있다. 그렇지만 공급 사슬 환경에서 ATP 시스템을 적용하려고 할 경우, 고객이 문의해 온 Retailer에게 납품 가능한 모든 분배센터(Distribution Center)와 공장(Plant)의 미래 시점의 재고량 변화와 운송 능력 등을 모두 고려하여야 하므로 계산량이 방대한 NP-Complete 문제가 된다. 따라서 시스템 사용자가 빠른 시간 내에 해를 구하여 고객에게 결과를 알려 줄 수 있는 ATP 시스템의 개발은 공급 사슬 관리를 효과적으로 활용하기 위하여 반드시 필요한 일이라고 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 동적 생산 함수의 개념을 이용하여 비 정수 타임 랙을 고려하여 ATP 시스템을 모델링하고, 해당 수리 모형으로부터 효율적으로 해를 얻기 위하여 유전 알고리듬을 개발하였다. 비 정수 타임 랙을 활용한 ATP 시스템은 비 정수 타임 랙을 올림이나 내림을 통하여 정수화 시킨 후 모형 수립하는 기존의 방법보다 정교하게 현실을 반영할 수 있고, ATP 시스템을 위한 유전 알고리듬의 진화 시스템은 문제크기가 작은 것에서부터 큰 것까지 최적해에 매우 근사한 값을 매우 빠른 시간 내에 풀 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.