An exploratory analysis of the dutch electricity system in transition

Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 670-685

  Kwakkel, Jan H ^a   Yücel, Gönenç ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Electricity supply; Exploratory modeling and analysis; Transitions; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878373656     PISSN: 18687865     EISSN: 18687873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13132-012-0128-1     Document Type: Article

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