Slime Mold Inspired Distribution Network Initial Solution

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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Energies, Volume 13, issue 23

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Electricity distribution network optimisation has attracted attention in recent years due to the widespread penetration of distributed generation. A considerable portion of network optimisation algorithms rely on an initial solution that is supposed to bypass the time-consuming steps of optimisation routines. The aim of this paper is to present a nature inspired algorithm for initial network generation. Based on slime mold behaviour, the algorithm can generate a large-scale network in a reasonable computation time. A mathematical formulation and parameter exploration of the slime mold algorithm are presented. Slime mold networks resemble a relaxed minimum spanning tree with better balance between the investment and loss costs of a distribution network. Results indicate lower total costs for suburban and urban networks.

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Püvi, V, Millar, R, Saarijärvi, E, Hayami, K, Arbelot, T & Lehtonen, M 2020, 'Slime Mold Inspired Distribution Network Initial Solution', Energies, vol. 13, no. 23, 6278. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13236278