Robust policies for the transformer acquisition and allocation problem

Energy Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-272

  Enders, Johannes ^a   Powell, Warren B ^a   Egan, David M ^b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PJM INTERCONNECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; APPROXIMATE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL ENGINEERING; HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSFORMERS; IN-DEPTH STUDY; PARAMETER SETTING; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; PRINCETON UNIVERSITY; TRANSFORMER FAILURE; TRANSMISSION OWNERS; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER TRANSFORMERS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79952361855     PISSN: 18683967     EISSN: 18683975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12667-010-0011-8     Document Type: Article

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