An iterated sample construction with path relinking method: Application to switch allocation in electrical distribution networks

作者：Benavides Alexander J; Ritt Marcus^*; Buriol Luciana S; Franca Paulo M

来源：Computers & Operations Research, 2013, 40(1): 24-32.

DOI：10.1016/j.cor.2012.05.006

• Metaheuristics
• Sample algorithms
• Path relinking
• Power systems reliability
• Switch allocation

We present a metaheuristic approach which combines constructive heuristics and local searches based on sampling with path relinking. Its effectiveness is demonstrated by an application to the problem of allocating switches in electrical distribution networks to improve their reliability. Our approach also treats the service restoration problem, which has to be solved as a subproblem, to evaluate the reliability benefit of a given switch allocation proposal. Comparisons with other metaheuristics and with a branch-and-bound procedure evaluate its performance.

• 出版日期2013-1