@Article{BahOliPer01a, author = "L. Bahiense and G.C. Oliveira and M. Pereira", title = "A mixed integer disjunctive model for transmission network expansion", journal = "IEEE Transactions on Power Systems", volume = "16", pages = "560--565", year = "2001", annote = "Given the nonconvex nature of the transmission network expansion problem, its classical nonlinear mixed integer formulation does not guarantee an optimal solution. Hence, the authors of this paper propose an alternative mixed integer linear disjunctive formulation. The mixed integer program is solved by a commercial branch and bound code, where the upper bound in the bounding phase is obtained by applying the reactive {GRASP} proposed in Binato et al. (2001).", } @incollection{BinOli02a, author = "S. Binato and G.C. Oliveira", title = "A {Reactive GRASP} for transmission network expansion planning", booktitle = "Essays and surveys in metaheuristics", editor = "C.C. Ribeiro and P. Hansen", publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers", year = "2002", pages = "81--100", annote = "The {GRASP} previously proposed by Binato, Oliveira, and Ara\'ujo (1998) for solving a transmission network expansion problem is enhanced with the reactive scheme of Prais and Ribeiro (2000) to self-adjust the {GRASP} RCL parameter $\alpha$. They also propose to apply a bias distribution function of Bresina (1996) to bias the random greedy construction phase towards the most promising variables." } @Article{BinOliAra01a, author = "S. Binato and G.C. Oliveira and J.L. Ara\'ujo", title = "A greedy randomized adaptive search procedure for transmission expansion planning", journal = "IEEE Transactions on Power Systems", volume = "16", pages = "247--253", year = "2001", annote = "This paper presents a {GRASP} for a long term transmission expansion planning problem. The greedy function is to minimize the load curtailment required to eliminate all operational violations. The local search phase is based on circuit exchanges, i.e. the procedure exchanges selected additions with unselected additions.", } @Article{ViaSouMat03a, author = {A. Viana and J.P. de~Sousa and M. Matos}, title = {{Using GRASP to solve the unit commitment problem}}, journal = {Annals of Operations Research}, volume = {120}, pages = {117--132}, annote = {The unit commitment problem consists in deciding, over a given planning horizon, the set of electric generators to be commited and defining the production levels required for each generator so that load and spinning reserve requirements are verified at a minimum production cost. The {GRASP} construction phase proposed applies a greedy criterion based on fuel cost, start-up cost, and shut-down cost. The local search procedure uses a $1$-flip neighborhood, where neighbors of a given solution are obtained by changing the current status of a single unit.}, year = {2003} } @techreport{VogFloLan02a, author = "I. Vogel and M.-L. Flottes and C. Landrault", title = "Initialisation des circuits s\'equentiels avant test int\'egr\'e et scan partiel", institution = "Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Micro-\'electronique de Montpellier", address = "Montpellier, France", annote = "In this paper, the {GRASP} proposed by Pardalos, Qian, and Resende for the feedback set problem is applied for solving the sequential circuits initialization problem. In French.", year = "2002" }