Distributed optimization

Coordinating shiftable loads for collective photovoltaic self-consumption: A multi-agent approach

G Pontes Luz, MC Brito, JMC Sousa, SM Vieira
in Energy

Keywords: | Collective self consumption | Demand side management | Multi agent systems | Distributed optimization |

April 24, 2021

The problem of scheduling uninterruptible shiftable devices is addressed from a multiagent perspective considering two different approaches. On one hand, a centralized architecture assumes that a single agent has the capacity to solve all agents problems. On the other, a new partially decentralized architecture is proposed to solve the same problem by distributing decision-making among agents using an heuristic algorithm with a virtual dynamic tariff as coordination mechanism.

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