Power Generation Scheduling by Integer Programming-Development of Theory

Power generation scheduling involves the selection of units to be placed in operation and the allocation of the load between these operating units. This paper presents the formulation of the economic scheduling problem as an integer program taking into account the discontinuous input-output characteristics and start-up costs of the generators. A recently developed method for solving integer programs, linear programs with whole number answers required, is successfully applied to the solution of the scheduling problem.

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