Table 8 The results of the proposed MSSA algorithm on a 13-unit generator with total load demand of 1800 MW.

From: Memetic Salp Swarm Algorithm for economic load dispatch problems

Unit

\(B_r\)=0.0

\(B_r\)=0.01

\(B_r\)=0.1

\(B_r\)=0.4

1

628.3185

628.3185

628.3185

628.3185

2

224.2573

149.5996

149.5987

149.5888

3

297.6911

222.7610

222.7627

222.7954

4

60.0000

109.8665

109.8590

109.8654

5

60.0000

109.8651

109.8656

109.8664

6

60.0000

109.8665

109.8660

109.8581

7

109.8665

60.0000

109.8665

109.8528

8

109.8665

109.8665

60.0000

109.8547

9

60.0000

109.8562

109.8629

60.0000

10

40.0000

40.0000

40.0000

40.0000

11

40.0000

40.0000

40.0000

40.0000

12

55.0000

55.0000

55.0000

55.0000

13

55.0000

55.0000

55.0000

55.0000

Total cost ($/h)

17,969.66

17,960.40

17,960.41

17,960.50

Mean cost ($/h)

18,064.31

17,965.60

17,961.91

17,962.61

Stdv

55.2689

4.2744

2.6336

2.9700