Formation of virtual community groups to manage prosumers in smart grids

International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-56

  Dinusha Rathnayaka, A J ^a   Potdar, Vidyasagar M ^a,b   Dillon, Tharam S ^a   Kuruppu, Samitha ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Russia   (India)

Author keywords

Energy sharing behaviour; Prosumer; Prosumer data set; Prosumer community groups; Smart grid; Utility grid

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMMUNITY GROUP; DATA SET; ENERGY SHARINGS; PROSUMER; SMART GRID; UTILITY GRIDS;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 84919683828     PISSN: 1741847X     EISSN: 17418488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGUC.2015.066396     Document Type: Article

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