Interior point methods application in optimum operational scheduling of electric power systems

The topic of interior point (IP) methods has been one of the most active research areas since it was rediscovered by Karmarkar in 1984. A variety of IP algorithms have been applied to many areas of power systems optimisation. This study presents a survey of literature on the application of IP methods to planning and operation of power systems. A review of research papers that have been published since 1994 in three major power system optimisation problems is presented. The problems are economic dispatch, unit commitment and hydrothermal coordination.