Coordinated optimization at a hydro-generating plant by software agents

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-97

  Foreman, Chris ^a   Ragade, Rammohan K ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinated; Expert system; Hydro; Optimization; Power generation; Rules; Software agents; Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA)

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AGENTS; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER CONTROL; SCADA SYSTEMS;

COORDINATED; COORDINATED OPTIMIZATIONS; EXTERNAL-; GENERATING PLANTS; GENERATING UNITS; HYDRO; POWER PRODUCTIONS; RIVER LEVELS; RULE-BASED SYSTEMS; RULES; SINGLE LOCATIONS; SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SCADA); SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 58249084022     PISSN: 10636536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2008.922554     Document Type: Article

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