EMDSS: An optimization-based decision support system for energy systems management under changing climate conditions - An application to the Toronto-Niagara Region, Canada

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 5040-5051

  Lin, Q G ^a   Huang, G H ^a   Bass, B ^b   Nie, X H ^a   Zhang, X D ^a   Qin, X S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decision support system; Energy systems; Environmental modeling; Optimization

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENERGY DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ENERGY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMPACT FACTOR; INTERACTIVE ENERGY; NATURAL PROCESS; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL FACTORS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TORONTO;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77950188292     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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