A review of the use of genetic algorithms in economic load dispatch

This paper presents a review of many previous papers on the use of genetic algorithms (GA) for solving the problem of economic load dispatch (ELD) for power systems. The paper will cover several topics, i.e. a brief description of the GA method, the various power system models and topologies solved by the GA method, various GA techniques used for ELD, and hybrids of GA with other techniques for solving ELD.