“…Hierarchical microgrid management system using task sharing and an evolutionary game theory-based dispatch strategy is LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS: Symbols, Expansion; A, loudness of bat; ABC, artificial bee colony; a i , b i , c i , quadratic cost coefficients of ith generator; bf, frequency of bat; BOA, bat optimization algorithm; DG, distributed generators; E i , energy generated by ith generated; EIR, energy index of reliability; FOR, forced outage rate; GA, genetic algorithm; ICOST, index of generation cost; ILP, index of active power loss; ILQ, index of reactive power loss; i pq , current flow from bus p to bus q; IVD, index of maximum voltage deviation; Ploss, active power loss; pr, pulse emission rate; PSO, particle swarm optimization; Qloss, reactive power loss; RES, renewable energy source; r k , resistance of kth line; S pq , apparent power flow from bus p to bus q; TLBOA, teaching learning-based optimization algorithm; V p , voltage at bus p; WOA, whale optimization algorithm; x i , bat echolocation; x k , reactance of kth line; α, active power coefficient for voltage sensitive load; β, reactive power coefficient for voltage sensitive load presented in Mojica-Nava et al 3 Wu et al 4 proposed a novel future smart microgrid model where the energy consumers and distributed energy providers can perform local energy trading controlled by a local trading manager. A dynamic programming method to build the optimal energy management for an island microgrid is proposed in Luu et al 5 Schwaegerl et al 6 formulated a combined dispatch strategy that can simultaneously satisfy all constraints and provide a proper compromise for conflicting objectives of different stakeholders involved in energy supply chain. Mejia and Patiño 7 discussed the behavioral and technical difficulties that emerge in a microgrid that incorporates a high percentage of renewable energy sources (RES) and their dispatch actions.…”