Agent-based analysis of monopoly power in electricity markets

2007 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems, ISAP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tellidou, A C ^a   Bakirtzis, A G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capacity withholding; Electricity markets; Monopoly power; Reinforcement learning; Stochastic games

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE AGENTS; AGENT-BASED ANALYSIS; AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; CAPACITY WITHHOLDING; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ENERGY MARKETS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOCATIONAL MARGINAL PRICING; MONOPOLY POWER; POWER SYSTEMS; Q-LEARNING; Q-LEARNING ALGORITHMS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ALGORITHMS; STAGE GAME; STOCHASTIC GAMES; TEST RESULTS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; AGENTS; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 50249104490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISAP.2007.4441606     Document Type: Conference Paper

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