Models of and experiments with e-markets for electric utilities

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-89

  Ram, Vinutha ^a,b   Findler, Nicholas V ^a   Malyankar, Raphael M ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent interaction in markets; Deregulated electricity markets; E market models

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037368577     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843003000668     Document Type: Article

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