Modeling strategic and operational decision-making - An agent-based model of electricity producers

ESM 2007 - 2007 European Simulation and Modelling Conference: Modelling and Simulation 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 356-363

  Chappin, Emile ^a   Dijkema, Gerard ^a   Van Dam, Koen ^a   Lukszo, Zofia ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent architecture; Agent based modeling; Electricity producers; Ontology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MODAL ANALYSIS; ONTOLOGY;

AGENT ARCHITECTURES; AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS; DECISION MAKERS; ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS; OPERATIONAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84898475867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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