Abstract:Power system stabilizer ( PSS) can inhibit the low - frequency oscillation well and the selection of its parameters is particularly important. Generally,both the real part and damping ratio of the eigenvalue of the system state matrix are weighted and then it is transformed into a single objective problem to design the controller parameters of PSS using optimization algorithm,but the parameters are influenced greatly by the selection of the weight. The real part and damping ratio of the eigenvalue are considered as two objectives to optimize the parameters using NSGA - II multi - objective evolutionary algorithm. Comparing with the traditional methods,the simulation results show that the PSS controller designed by NSGA - II algorithm can damp the low - frequency oscillation of power system effectively.