Theoretical and practical foundations of large-scale agent-based micro-storage in the smart grid

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Volumn 42, Issue , 2011, Pages 765-813

  Vytelingum, Perukrishnen ^a   Voice, Thomas D ^a   Ramchurn, Sarvapali D ^a   Rogers, Alex ^a   Jennings, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; ANNUAL SAVINGS; BATTERY PROPERTIES; BATTERY STORAGE; CARBON EMISSIONS; COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM; DECENTRALISED; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ENERGY COST; INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS; LEARNING RATES; LEARNING STRATEGY; LOAD PROFILES; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; NOVEL ALGORITHM; PRACTICAL FOUNDATIONS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; SMART GRID; SMART METERS; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRATEGIC CHOICE; THEORETICAL BOUNDS; VARYING LOAD;

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRICITY; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROFITABILITY; SOFTWARE AGENTS; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84856501789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10769757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1613/jair.3446     Document Type: Article

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