A two-tier matrix game approach for obtaining joint bidding strategies in FTR and energy markets

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1211-1219

  Babayiǧit, Cihan ^a   Rocha, Patricio ^b   Das, Tapas K ^b  

^a Revenue Management Solutions LLC   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy settlement; financial transmission rights (FTRs); FTR settlement; matrix game; Nash equilibrium; restructured electricity markets; value iteration based reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL TRANSMISSION RIGHT; MATRIX GAME; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; RESTRUCTURED ELECTRICITY MARKETS; VALUE ITERATION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77954834581     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2010.2041076     Document Type: Article

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