A large-scale linear complementarity model of the North American natural gas market

Energy Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 639-665

  Gabriel, Steven A ^a   Zhuang, Jifang ^a   Kiet, Supat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Game theory; Linear complementarity problem; Market equilibrium; Natural gas; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DEREGULATION; MARKETING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

GAS TRANSPORTATION; LINEAR COMPLEMENTARITY; NASH-COURNAT PLAYERS;

NATURAL GAS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEREGULATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; NATURAL GAS;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644466368     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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