An expert system approach to unit commitment problem

This paper describes a hybrid expert system dynamic programming approach to the power system unit commitment problem. Here the scheduling output of the usual dynamic programming is enhanced by supplementing it with the rule based expert system. The proposed system limits the number of constraints and also checks the possible constraint violations in the generated schedule. The expert system communicates with the operator in a friendly manner and hence the various program parameters can be adjusted to have an optimal, operationally acceptable schedule.<>