Investment decisions in distribution networks under uncertainty with distributed generation - Part i: Model formulation

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2331-2340

  Samper, Mauricio E ^a   Vargas, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; distribution planning; EPSO; expansion decisions; real options; risk analysis

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION PLANNING; EPSO; EVOLUTIONARY PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATIONS; EXPANSION PLANNING PROBLEMS; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; NETWORK REINFORCEMENTS; REAL OPTION VALUATIONS; REAL OPTIONS;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); RESOURCE VALUATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84880918888     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2239666     Document Type: Article

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