Equilibrium prices supported by dual price functions in markets with non-convexities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 768-789

  Bjørndal, Mette ^a   Jörnsten, Kurt ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electricity markets; Integer programming duality; Pricing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ELECTRICITY MARKETS; EQUILIBRIUM PRICES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING DUALITY; START UP COSTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 42949178964     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.06.050     Document Type: Article

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