We describe an agent-based simulation tool for examining the impact of real-time pricing methods upon the power consumption of domestic users (households). The main entities within the model are electricity suppliers and electricity consumers scheduling their demand according to real-time prices for electricity. The main ...

Recently proposed approaches for biomass networks rely on efficient algorithms for automated procurement of offered and requested biomass. Automated procurement for optimal network formation on online biomass exchanges is presumed to be superior to manual search with regard to different objectives. Especially, a great ...

Today's households face a huge variety of electricity consuming devices on the one hand, and increasing electricity prices and increased awareness for environmental sustainability on the other hand. Fluctuating electricity tariffs currently evaluated by electricity suppliers have the potential to make it even more complex ...

Interlinked biomass supply chains can be considered as a loose coupling of independent, distributed players. By means of loose (and therefore flexibly alterable) coupling, a regional network of (basically) small players is formed that offers an extensible portfolio of processes, which can be used in variable combinations. ...

Problem solving in demand-side management from an information technological point of view demands for a variety of interdisciplinary capabilities. Additionally to basic optimisation techniques a deeper knowledge of operating modes of electrical devices and modelling of their energy flows are required for building up ...