Intelligent agents for the simulation of competitive electricity markets

International Journal of Modelling and Simulation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Praça, Isabel ^a   Ramos, Carlos ^a   Vale, Zita ^a   Cordeiro, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Competitive electricity markets; Decision support

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS; DECISION SUPPORT;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 1642294576     PISSN: 02286203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02286203.2004.11442289     Document Type: Review

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