Unit commitment in electrical power system-a literature review

This paper brings out the studies of generation scheduling problem in an electrical power system. This paper presents some general reviews of research and developments in the field of unit commitment based on published articles and web-sites. Here, it is set about to perform a comprehensive survey of research work made in the domain of Unit Commitment using various techniques. This may be a helpful tool for the researchers, scientists or investigators working in the area of unit commitment.