Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Agents in power markets

[Steve Railsback]

address@hidden wrote:
> Hello, 
>
> I am currently a graduate student at Cal Poly State University, and will be 
> doing research on power markets for my masters thesis.  I have searched the 
> web for electricity auction simulation software, but have not found many 
> readily available software packages.  I was wondering if anyone knew of 
> software packages that simulate power market auctions.  
>
> I am hoping to use a software package that will allow me to analyze the 
> behavior of AI-based agents.  I plan on observing any changes in agent 
> behavior when market restraints are introduced, such as price caps or a double 
> auction format.  

Have you checked with Leigh Tesfatsion? I know she has worked on 
simulating power markets with agent-based methods.
http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ace.htm

Also Michael North at Argonne Natl Lab (who SHOULD be on 
Swarm-Modelling) works in that area.

Steve R.

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