A high-resolution stochastic model of domestic activity patterns and electricity demand

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1880-1892

  Widén, Joakim ^a   Wäckelgård, Ewa ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Domestic electricity demand; Load model; Markov chain; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BOTTOM UP; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; LOAD MODELING; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; STOCHASTIC; STOCHASTIC GENERATION; SYNTHETIC ACTIVITIES; TIME-RESOLVED DATA;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77950861438     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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