“…of iterations = 800, Crossover rate (CR) = 0.6, Mutation factor (MF) = 0.5 and the results are presented after 30 trials. Table 6 shows the results obtained from the proposed SDE in solving non-convex PED problem for the 2700 MW power demand and are compared to other optimizers in literature such as Improved Genetic Algorithm with Multiplier Updating (IGA_MU) [28], Modified Shuffled Frog Leaping Algorithm (MSFLA) [40], Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) [49], conventional DE [49], Real-coded Genetic Algorithm (RGA) [49], New Particle Swarm Optimization with Local Random Search (NPSO-LRS) [50], Back-tracking Search Algorithm (BSA) [51], Cuckoo Search Algorithm with Cauchy distribution (CSA-Cauchy) [52] and BAT [16]. Table 7 shows the simulation results of SDE for the power demand of 2600 MW and are compared with conventional PSO [49], RGA [49], DE [49], MSFLA [40], Global-best Harmony Search (GHS) [40], BAT [16], SaDE [32].…”