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A genetic algorithm for planning coal purchase of a real electric power plant

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Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Evolutionary Computation (WWW 1995)

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In this paper, we focus on coal purchase planning in a real electric power plant. Several complex constraints as well as multiple objectives are involved in the planning problem. The conventional integer programming approach is not suitable for this problem because of its complexity. The versatility of genetic algorithms is exemplified through solving the planning problem. Compared to a simple random search and a simulated annealing, the advantages of a genetic algorithm are shown by numerical simulations.

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  1. Hiroshima University, 4-1, Kagamiyama 1-chome, 739, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan

    Masahiro Inuiguchi, Tadahiro Miyake & Masatoshi Sakawa

  2. The Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc., 4-33, Komachi, Naka-ku, 730-91, Hiroshima, Japan

    Isao Shiromaru

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  1. Masahiro Inuiguchi
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Inuiguchi, M., Miyake, T., Sakawa, M., Shiromaru, I. (1996). A genetic algorithm for planning coal purchase of a real electric power plant. In: Furuhashi, T., Uchikawa, Y. (eds) Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Evolutionary Computation. WWW 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1152. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61988-7_23

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