Efficient determination of Cournot equilibria in electricity markets

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1837-1844

  Gountis, Vasileios P ^a   Bakirtzis, Anastasios G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cournot game; Electricity market; Market power; Oligopoly

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DEREGULATION; GAME THEORY; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION;

COURNOT EQUILIBRIA; COURNOT GAME; ELECTRICITY MARKET; MARKET POWER; OLIGOPOLY;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 9244248146     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2004.835663     Document Type: Article

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