Advances in AI applications for power system planning

The program described in this paper illustrates how an expert system for knowledge based inputs, qualitative judgements of a technical, managerial or strategic nature, and an optimization method may be brought together. The application around which the structure of the program has been developed is long range power system planning. However, other applications where the linking together of the three methodologies (expert system, qualitative judgements and optimi) is significant will also find the approach developed to be of interest