Power TAC: A competitive economic simulation of the smart grid

Energy Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 262-270

  Ketter, Wolfgang ^a   Collins, John ^b   Reddy, Prashant ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive simulation; Energy markets; Smart grid; Trading agents

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE SIMULATION; ECONOMIC SIMULATION; ENERGY MARKETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMART GRID; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; TRADING AGENT;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SALES; SMART POWER GRIDS;

COMMERCE;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BENCHMARKING; COMPETITIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MARKET; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PLANNING METHOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RETAILING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; POLICY MAKING; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

EID: 84878954858     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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