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Call for Papers
Annals of Operations Research
Special volume on
OR models for energy policy, planning and management
Editors: Carlos Henggeler Antunes and António Gomes Martins
Submission deadline: November 30, 2001
The energy sector is currently undergoing important changes. For
instance, the shift towards the liberalization of the electricity market,
although each case assuming distinctive features, creates new challenges
which can be tackled in a creative manner by models and algorithms existing
in the toolbag of Operations Research / Management Science. Decisions to be
made by different agents (at utilities, regulatory bodies and governments)
must take into account several conflicting objectives such as technical,
socio-economic, environmental, etc. at various levels of decision making
(ranging from the operational to the strategic).
High-quality research papers are sought for a volume of Annals of
Operations Research devoted to "OR models for energy policy, planning and
management". This volume is aimed at gathering diversified contributions on
the role of OR in all aspects of policy, planning and management of the
energy sector. Papers will undergo a stringent evaluation process based on
a high level thoroughly refereeing procedure in order to collect the
highest quality current work in this field. Contributions are expected from
energy utilities, regulatory bodies, governments, universities, research
and consulting organizations.
As far as the diversity of topics is concerned, original
contributions in the following topics (but not limited to) are welcome:
Power systems planning (power generation expansion planning, network
planning, equipment location, spatial planning, reliability); Power systems
operation (unit commitment, generation dispatch, network reconfiguration
management, remote load control, reliability); Environmental issues
(interactions between energy and the environment, dispersed and large-scale
generation, influence of renewables, global warming abatement);
Deregulation and liberalization (energy and power pricing, network services
pricing, coordination with energy efficiency and environmental policies,
network congestion prevention and management, energy and power purchase
strategies, competition); Energy policies (security of supply, market
transformation and energy efficiency, interactions between the energy
sector and the whole economy, demand-side management); Local and regional
planning (urban energy planning, load forecasting, interactions with land
use planning); Technical issues (protection, voltage stability, reactive
power, transmission losses).
From a methodological perspective approaches are expected from a
broad spectrum of OR/MS models and techniques, such as decision and risk
analysis, multiobjective programming and multicriteria decision aid,
optimization and mathematical programming, meta-heuristics and evolutionary
programming, game theory, simulation, data envelopment analysis, etc.
For author instructions please refer to
http://www.baltzer.nl/anor/anor_authinstr.asp
Please mail 3 copies of your paper to one of the Editors at the address below.
Carlos Henggeler Antunes and António Gomes Martins
INESC - Coimbra, Rua Antero de Quental 199, 3000-033 Coimbra, Portugal
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