Metaheuristic search in smart grid: A review with emphasis on planning, scheduling and power flow optimization applications

A multitude of optimization tasks ensue in the context of the smart grid, often exhibiting undesirable characteristics like non-convexity, mixed types of design variables and multiple - and often conflicting - objectives. These tasks can be broadly categorized into three classes of problems, namely optimal power flow (OPF), scheduling and planning. Metaheuristic search methods form a generic class of optimization techniques, that have been shown...