Table 2.

Summary of major research carried out and proposed study contribution.

Sr no.	Country	Method	Investigation type			Load	OGI	Analyzed technologies				Objective function		RF	SA
			Eco	Tech	Env			PV	Grid	B	DG	NPC	COE
[9]	Bangladesh	HOMER	✓	✓	✓	Agri	Yes	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
[3]	Pakistan	HOMER	✓	✓	✗	Res	Yes	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✓
[14]	Sudan	PTP/CDP/PVP	✓	✗	✗	Agri	Yes	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
[18]	Egypt	HOMER	✓	✗	✓	Agri	No	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗
[31]	Pakistan	–	✓	✗	✓	Agri	No	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗
[32]	Iran	HOMER	✓	✓	✓	Agri	Yes	✓	✗	✓	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗
[33]	Pakistan	HOMER	✓	✓	✗	Res	No	✓	✗	✓	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓
[34]	Pakistan	HOMER	✓	✓	✗	Res	Yes	✓	✗	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✓
[35]	Ramnick valley	HOMER	✓	✗	✗	Res	Yes	✓	✗	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓
[36]	California	HOMER	✓	✓	✓	Agri	Yes	✓	✗	✓	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗
PS	Pakistan	HOMER	✓	✓	✓	Agri	Yes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Note: Eco: Economical, Tech: Technical, Env: Environmental, Agri: Agricultural, Res: Residential, OGI: ON-ground inputs.