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Application of Differential Evolution for Wind Turbine Micrositing

Keywords: Wind Turbine Micro-Siting, N.O. Jensen Model, Heuristics,Wind Turbine Optimization,Differential Evolution Algorithm, GeneticAlgorithm.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 2

SHAFIQ -UR-REHMAN  MASSAN , ASIM IMDAD WAGAN   , MUHAMMAD MUJTABA SHAIKH   , MUHAMMAD SALEH SHAH   ,

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