Integration of clustering analysis and reward/penalty mechanisms for regulating service reliability in distribution systems

IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1192-1200

  Mohammadnezhad Shourkaei, H ^a   Fotuhi Firuzabad, M ^a   Billinton, R ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT; RELIABILITY LEVEL; SERVICE RELIABILITY; SYSTEM RELIABILITY INDEX;

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; PROFITABILITY;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80755143406     PISSN: 17518687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-gtd.2010.0743     Document Type: Article

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