Using system dynamics to evaluate renewable electricity development in Malaysia

Kybernetes

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-39

  Ahmad, Salman ^a   Tahar, Razman bin Mat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cybernetics; Energy policy; Malaysia; Renewable capacity; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; EXPANSION; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; MALAYSIA; RENEWABLE CAPACITY; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 84896297656     PISSN: 0368492X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/K-10-2012-0092     Document Type: Article

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