Pricing data center demand response

Performance Evaluation Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-123

  Liu, Zhenhua ^a   Liu, Iris ^a   Low, Steven ^a   Wierman, Adam ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data center; Demand response; Power network; Prediction based pricing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; FORECASTING;

BIDDING MECHANISM; DATA CENTERS; DEMAND RESPONSE; NETWORK CONSTRAINTS; POWER NETWORKS; PREDICTION ERRORS; PREDICTION-BASED; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

EID: 84955569761     PISSN: 01635999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2637364.2592004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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