Stochastic optimisation of Hydro-Quebec hydropower installations: A statistical comparison between SDP and SSDP methods

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1427-1434

  Côté, Pascal ^a   Haguma, Didier ^a   Leconte, Robert ^b   Krau, Stephane ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydropower system; Operating policy; Sampling stochastic dynamic programming; Snow water equivalent; Soil moisture; Stochastic dynamic programming; Weather generator

Indexed keywords

HYDROPOWER SYSTEM; OPERATING POLICIES; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; WEATHER GENERATOR;

ALGORITHMS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL VARIABLES; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REAL TIME; SAMPLING; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SOIL MOISTURE; STOCHASTICITY; VOLUME;

CANADA; MANICOUAGAN RIVER; OUTARDES RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 82955167935     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L11-101     Document Type: Article

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