Cuckoo search algorithm with interactive learning for economic dispatch

This paper presents a proposed cuckoo search algorithm with interactive learning and linear decreasing probability strategy (CSIL) to solve the economic dispatch problem with power balance, prohibited operating zones, valve point effect, and ramp rate. In the new approach, interactive learning strategy helps the nest to exchange good information from each other. Meanwhile, the linear decreasing probability is used to balance exploration and exploitation of the algorithm. The effectiveness of the CSIL algorithm has been verified on different test systems. Simulation results indicate that the CSIL algorithm performs better than, or at least comparable to state-of-the-art methods from literature.