A multi-agent approach for planning activities in decentralized electricity markets

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 406-418

  Gnansounou, E ^a   Pierre, S ^b   Quintero, A ^b   Dong, J ^a   Lahlou, A ^a  

^a Federal Institute of Technology   (Switzerland)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electricity market; Intelligent decision support system; Multi agent technology; Planning; Power systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY; GAME THEORY; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTRICITY MARKET; INTELLIGENT DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT TECHNOLOGY; STATISTICAL EXTRAPOLATION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 34047250803     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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