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Robust Optimization in Electric Power Systems Operations

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Electric power systems operation has heavily relied on advanced optimization models and algorithms.

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  • Robust optimization
  • Power systems operations
  • Two-stage robust optimization
  • Integration of renewable energy resources
  • Unit commitment decisions
  • Two-stage robust economic dispatch
  • Uncertainty set modeling
  • Benders decomposition
  • Multistage robust optimization
  • bidding strategies

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  1. H. Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332, USA

    X. Andy Sun

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Vicuǹa Mackenna 4860, 7820436, Macul, Santiago, Chile

    Álvaro Lorca

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  1. Renewable Integration, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Taylor, Texas, USA

    Pengwei Du

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

    Ross Baldick

  3. Electric Power Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Aidan Tuohy

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Sun, X.A., Lorca, Á. (2017). Robust Optimization in Electric Power Systems Operations. In: Du, P., Baldick, R., Tuohy, A. (eds) Integration of Large-Scale Renewable Energy into Bulk Power Systems. Power Electronics and Power Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55581-2_7

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