A New Method for Power System Optimisation Presented at the ERK 2025 Conference
At this year’s ERK 2025 Conference, held on 25. – 26. September in Portorož, Slovenia, a scientific paper titled “Combining Combinatorial Methods and Block-Based Crossover to Improve Unit Commitment Solutions” was presented. The paper was authored by Samed Bajrić and Davud Topalović from E5, and Izudin Softić, Amir Tokić, and Nedžmija Demirović from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The article was developed within the framework of the bilateral research project “Development of a new algorithm for minimising production costs in the electric power system using mathematical combinatorics”, conducted jointly by the Jožef Stefan Institute and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Tuzla.
The research addresses one of the key challenges of modern power systems: efficient unit commitment scheduling, which critically affects the reliability, stability, and cost-effectiveness of the power grid. The proposed method combines combinatorial techniques with an innovative block crossover approach, significantly reducing the number of combinations to be considered while improving the quality of the final solutions. Test results show that this approach can reduce total operating costs of the power system while maintaining its reliability and feasibility.
The presentation attracted considerable interest from the professional audience, as the research introduces a novel approach to optimising complex power systems and opens the door to further research and practical applications in real-world energy networks.
