Publikation
eCOOP: Applying Dynamic Coalition Formation to the Power Regulation Problem in Smart Grids
Radu Mihailescu; Sascha Ossowski; Matthias Klusch
In: Journal of Computational Intelligence, Pages 1-34, Wiley, 2016.
Zusammenfassung
In this work we focus on one particular area of the smart grid, namely,
the challenges faced by distribution network operators in securing the balance
between supply and demand in the intraday market, as a growing number of
load controllable devices and small-scale, intermittent generators coming from
renewables are expected to pervade the system. We introduce a multi-agent
design to facilitate coordinating the various actors in the grid. The underpinning
of our approach consists of an online cooperation scheme, eCOOP, where agents
learn a prediction model regarding potential coalition partners and thus, can
respond in an agile manner to situations that are occurring in the grid, by
means of negotiating and formulating speculative solutions, with respect to the
estimated behavior of the system. We provide a computational characterisation
for our solution in terms of complexity, as well as an empirical analysis against
real consumption datasets, based on the macro-model of the Australian energy
market, showing a performance improvement of about 17%.