Economic emission dispatch using an advanced particle swarm optimization technique

Hamid Rezaie was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1990. He received BS in Electrical Engineering from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013, and MS (with First Class Honor) in Electrical Power Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, in 2017. His current research interests include power system optimization and planning, applications of computational intelligence in electrical power engineering, renewable energy integration, microgrids and power electronics.

Mehrdad Abedi received BSc, MSc and PhD from Tehran University, Iran, London University, UK, and Newcastle University, UK, in 1970, 1973 and 1977, respectively. He worked for G.E.C. (UK) until 1978. Then, he joined the EE Department of Amirkabir University (Tehran, Iran), where he is now a Professor and Head of the Center of Excellence on Power System. Professor Abedi has published more than 20 books and 140 papers in journals and conferences. He is a distinguished professor in Iran and is the prize winner for two outstanding books. He is also a member of Iranian Academy of Science and member of CIGRE. His main interests are electrical machines and power systems modeling, operation and control.

Saeed Rastegar was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1990. He received BS and MS (with second class honor) in Computer Science in 2013 and 2015, respectively, from the Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, where he is currently working toward PhD in the same topic. His main research interests include bio informatics and optimization techniques, especially new techniques applicable to routing problems.

Hassan Rastegar received BSc, MSc and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1987, 1989 and 1998, respectively. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology. He has published more than 100 papers in journals and conferences. His research interests include power system control, application of computational intelligence in power systems, simulation and analysis of power systems and renewable energy.