Distributed energy trading in microgrids: A game-theoretic model and its equilibrium analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3524-3533

  Lee, Joohyung ^a,b   Guo, Jun ^c   Choi, Jun Kyun ^a   Zukerman, Moshe ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Energy trading; Equilibrium analysis; Microgrids; Stackelberg game

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; GAME THEORY; SALES;

DISTRIBUTED ENERGIES; ENERGY TRADING; EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTIONS; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; MICRO GRID; STACKELBERG GAMES; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84929314199     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2014.2387340     Document Type: Article

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