This paper proposes a stochastic multiobjective framework for daily volt/var control (VVC), including hydroturbine, fuel cell, wind turbine, and photovoltaic powerplants. The multiple objectives of the VVC problem to be minimized are the electrical energy losses, voltage deviations, total electrical energy costs, and total emissions of renewable energy sources and grid. For this purpose, the uncertainty related to hourly load, wind power, and solar irradiance forecasts are modeled in a scenario-based stochastic framework. A roulette wheel mechanism based on the probability distribution functions of these random variables is considered to generate the scenarios. Consequently, the stochastic multiobjective VVC (SMVVC) problem is converted to a series of equivalent deterministic scenarios. Furthermore, an Evolutionary Algorithm using the Modified Teaching-Learning-Algorithm (MTLA) is proposed to solve the SMVVC in the form of a mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem. In the proposed algorithm, a new mutation method is taken into account in order to enhance the global searching ability and mitigate the premature convergence to local minima. Finally, two distribution test feeders are considered as case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed SMVVC.

Motivated by the hunting strategies of cheetahs, this paper proposes a nature-inspired algorithm called the cheetah optimizer (CO). Cheetahs generally utilize three main strategies for hunting prey, i.e., searching, sitting-and-waiting, and attacking. These strategies are adopted in this work. Additionally, the leave the pray and go back home strategy is also incorporated in the hunting process to improve the proposed framework's population diversification, convergence performance, and robustness. We perform intensive testing over 14 shifted-rotated CEC-2005 benchmark functions to evaluate the performance of the proposed CO in comparison to state-of-the-art algorithms. Moreover, to test the power of the proposed CO algorithm over large-scale optimization problems, the CEC2010 and the CEC2013 benchmarks are considered. The proposed algorithm is also tested in solving one of the well-known and complex engineering problems, i.e., the economic load dispatch problem. For all considered problems, the results are shown to outperform those obtained using other conventional and improved algorithms. The simulation results demonstrate that the CO algorithm can successfully solve large-scale and challenging optimization problems and offers a significant advantage over different standards and improved and hybrid existing algorithms. Note that the source code of the CO algorithm is publicly available at https://www.optim-app.com/projects/co.

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