Use of linear programming to model business and consumer decision making related to energy consumption
From 0peration Research Society of America; San Diego, California, USA (12 Nov 1973). Models that predict the response of business and consumers to changes in energy cost have been made previously, but with today's erratic economy, the models do not apply. Prices are rising at an unprecedented rate and the availability and environmental controls also influence the choice of fuels as well as price. With these factors, the new linear programming was designed to determine the electrical generation supply for the next 50 years taking into account the advent of nuclear power. The model is formulated to simulate a schedule of building power plants that will supply projected energy requirements while also satisfying constraints representing material balances, technological introduction rate constraints, fuel price step functions, committed plant construction, and fuel-processing capacity. (MCW)
- Research Organization:
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, Wash. (USA)
- NSA Number:
- NSA-29-020405
- OSTI ID:
- 4355142
- Report Number(s):
- BNWL-SA-4843; CONF-731130-2
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Operation Research Society of America, San Diego, California, USA, 12 Nov 1973; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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*ENERGY CONSUMPTION- ECONOMETRICS
*FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS- ECONOMETRICS
*NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS- ECONOMETRICS
AVAILABILITY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY POLICY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEETINGS
PLANNING
PROGRAMMING
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
SIMULATION