Allocation of unit start-up costs using cooperative game theory

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 653-662

  Hu Zhaoyang, Z ^a,c   Chen, Lin ^a   Gan, Deqiang ^a   Chattopadhyay, Deb ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CRA International   (Australia)

^c East China Grid Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Balanced game; Convex game; Core; Electricity market; Nucleolus; Shapley value; Start up costs; Unit commitment

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GAME THEORY; MARKETING;

COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; COST ALLOCATION; COST SHARING AXIOMS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; START-UP COSTS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33646377636     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2006.873046     Document Type: Article

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