A natural gas cash-out problem: A bilevel programming framework and a penalty function method

Optimization and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-420

  Kalashnikov, V V ^a   Ríos Mercado, Roger Z ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cash out penalty policy; Mixed integer bilevel programming; Natural gas market; Penalty function

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; NATURAL GAS PIPELINES; OPTIMIZATION;

CASH-OUT PENALTY POLICY; MIXED INTEGER BILINEAR PROGRAMMING; NATURAL GAS MARKET; PENALTY FUNCTION;

NATURAL GAS;

EID: 33751533468     PISSN: 13894420     EISSN: 15732924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11081-006-0347-z     Document Type: Article

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