Burrell, Tinal R.2014-03-142014-03-141993-05-05etd-12162009-020216http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46240Presented in this paper is a scheme for minimizing the cost function of a three-source technique to arrive at an approximation point (I,J) that is within one unit of the true minimum. The Line-Step algorithm is applied to several systems and is also compared to other minimization techniques, including the Equal Incremental Loss Algorithm. Variations are made on the Line-Step Algorithm for faster convergence and also to handle inequality constraints.vi, 64 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1993.B873AlgorithmsElectric power distributionMathematical optimizationThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162009-020216/