CRA/EPRI Coal Market Analysis System. Volume 3. Software documentation. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

OSTI ID:5995943

The CRA/EPRI Coal Market Analysis System (CMAS) forecasts minemouth coal prices and production for coal by rank and sulfur type for major coal-producing regions. The system uses a mathematical programming model to solve for market clearing prices and production of a spatially competitive market, in which users choose the lowest cost fuel source and competition among producers is sufficient to prohibit excess profits. The model thus provides a framework for analyzing the spatial interaction of coal demand, supply, and transportation. The system is designed to analyze effects of alternative assumptions about key factors that affect price and production, such as sulfur emission regulations, coal mining wage trends, mining equipment cost trends, productivity trends, coal resource availability, tax policies, and coal transport rate trends. EA907-Volume III, CRA/EPRI Coal Market Analysis System: Software Documentation contains computer program flow charts, file descriptions and instructions for running the computerized system.

• Research Organization: Charles River Associates, Inc., Boston, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5995943
• Report Number(s): EPRI-EA-907(Vol.3)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MARKET
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NORTH AMERICA
PRICES
PRODUCTION
TRANSPORT
USA