Uncertainty and Investment in Electricity Generation with an Application to the Case of Hydro-Québec

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 59-80

  Chaton, Corinne ^a   Doucet, Joseph A ^b  

^a GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electricity planning; Investment; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037273028     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023370211456     Document Type: Article

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