Application tabu search in matlab for optimize distribution systems

Unlike the exact mathematical methods, the heuristic ones are different to provide a solution very near the optimal one, saving time of processor. With the appearance of the Tabu Search, by Fred Glover in 1986, diverse applications have arisen from the procedure to solve diverse problems as for the classic problem of the route of the vehicle (also known as the travelling agent problem) and the allocation of a plant. Here an adaptation to an existing code appears, applied to the problem of the travelling agent, for the reconfiguration of distributed generation units in three examples of distribution networks. The model provides results optimal or very near them in time of relatively little calculation, in comparison with the manual reconfiguration.

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