Firefly Algorithm and Its Use in ELD

Abstract

The objective function of a given optimization problem is correlated with this flashing light or light intensity in the firefly algorithm, which lets the swarm of fireflies travel to brighter and more desirable locations in order to obtain effective optimal solutions. The firefly algorithm possess many similarities with other swarm intelligence algorithms such as particle swarm optimization (PSO), bacterial foraging (BFA) algorithm, and artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC), it is much simpler both in implementation and concept. Its major advantage includes that it is based on the global communication among the fireflies and it uses mainly real random numbers and as a result, it seems more effective in optimal power flow problems.
Keywords: algorithm, communication, firefly, heuristic, light intensity, particle swamp optimization, search optimality, stochastic