Handbook of Power Systems II
Energy is one of the world`s most challenging problems, and power systems are an important aspect of energy related issues. This handbook contains state-of-the-art contributions on power systems modeling and optimization. The book is separated into two vo
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Steffen Rebennack Mario V.F. Pereira
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Panos M. Pardalos Niko A. Iliadis
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Handbook of Power Systems II
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Editors Dr. Steffen Rebennack Colorado School of Mines Division of Economics and Business Engineering Hall 816 15th Street Golden, Colorado 80401 USA [email protected] Dr. Mario V. F. Pereira Centro Empresarial Rio Praia de Botafogo 228/1701-A-Botafogo CEP: 22250-040 Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil [email protected]
Prof. Panos M. Pardalos University of Florida Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering 303 Weil Hall, P.O. Box 116595 Gainesville FL 32611-6595 USA [email protected] Dr. Niko A. Iliadis EnerCoRD Plastira Street 4 Nea Smyrni 171 21, Athens Greece [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-642-12685-7 e-ISBN: 978-3-642-12686-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12686-4 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010921798 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover illustration: Cover art is designed by Elias Tyligadas Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface of Volume II
Power systems are undeniably considered as one of the most important infrastructures of a country. Their importance arises from a multitude of reasons of technical, social and economical natures. Technical, as the commodity involved requires continuous balancing and cannot be stored in an efficient way. Social, because power has become an essential commodity to the life of every person in the greatest part of our planet. Economical, as every industry relates not only its operations but also its financial viability in most cases with the availability and the prices of the power. The reasons mentioned above have made power systems a subject of great interest for the scientific community. Moreover, given the nature and the specificities of the subject, sciences such as mathematics, engineering, economics, law and social sciences have joined forces to propose solutions. In addition to the specificities and inherent difficulties of the power systems problems,
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