A New Algorithm for Distribution Network Planning

This paper presents a new algorithm, which is based on Hopfield neural network, to plan distribution power network. The algorithm changes distribution network planning problem into a directed graph-planning problem. The Hopfield neural network is not designed to decide which alternative line should be selected, but to decide the in-degree of each node, so the calculation result is a radical directed graph. By this way, the distribution network is determined simultaneously. The energy function and algorithm for planning the distribution network are also given. An example shows the proposed Hopfield neural network can successfully plan distribution power network.