Multi-agent based experiments on uniform price and pay-as-bid electricity auction markets

Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Electric Utility Deregulation, Restructuring and Power Technologies (DRPT2004)

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 72-76

  Xiong, Gaofeng ^a   Okuma, Shigeru ^a   Fujita, Hideki ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ELECTRIC POWER CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demand side response; Electricity auction markets; Multi agent approach; Pay as bid; Q learning algorithm; Uniform price

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC RATES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MARKETING; SALES;

DEMAND-SIDE RSPONSES; ELECTRICITY AUCTION MARKETS; MULTI-AGENT APPROACH; PAY-AS-BID; Q-LEARNING ALGORITHMS; UNIFORM PRICES;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 8644287613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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