A new clustering algorithm for load profiling based on billing data

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Fidalgo, José Nuno ^a   Matos, Manuel António ^a   Ribeiro, Luís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clustering; Electricity Markets; Load modeling; Optimization; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING APPROACH; CONSUMED ENERGY; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ENERGY BILLS; ENERGY MARKETS; INFORMATION SPACES; LOAD DIAGRAM; LOAD MODELING; LOAD PROFILING; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;

COMMERCE; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 80052843159     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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