An annual framework for clustering-based pricing for an electricity retailer

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1042-1048

  Mahmoudi Kohan, N ^a   Parsa Moghaddam, M ^a   Sheikh El Eslami, M K ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acceptance function; Clustering technique; Improved weighted fuzzy average; K means; Load profile; Optimal selling price; Retailer's profit

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; IMPROVED WEIGHTED FUZZY AVERAGE; K-MEANS; LOAD PROFILES; OPTIMAL SELLING PRICE;

SALES;

EID: 80052103231     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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