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Dynamics of Transmission Provision in a Competitive Power Industry

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The main objective of this paper is to revisit the operations and planning of an electric power system, and, more specifically, of its transmission system. The intent is to formulate the underlying problems as decision-making problems with specific performance objectives. Once this is done, it becomes possible to identify open research questions on this subject, including their dependence on the overall industry structure.

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    Chien-Ning Yu, Jean-Pierre Leotard & Marija D. Ilic

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Yu, CN., Leotard, JP. & Ilic, M.D. Dynamics of Transmission Provision in a Competitive Power Industry. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems 9, 351–388 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008350416476

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