Publisher's Synopsis
Important study effort has been devoted to the topic of optimal planning of distribution systems. The non linear nature of the system, the need to consider a large number of scenarios and the increasing necessity to deal with uncertainties make optimal planning in distribution systems a difficult task. Heuristic techniques approaches have been proposed to deal with these issues, overcoming some of the inherent difficulties of classic methodologies. The book presents results of the application of these optimization techniques to a real case of a 10-kV electrical distribution system with 201 nodes that feeds an urban area. It is not always easy to identify and quantity all elements of the total cost of risk, though. For instance, the true cost of indirect losses or residual uncertainty is particularly difficult to measure. As such they can tell what you should be adding to the baseline forecast for a given promotion. Finally, the impact of new ways of going to market should be quantified and laid on top of the baseline number. The new ways might include global expansions of your current mix, new segments of business in your existing markets, and/or new ways of reaching your current customers, like Ecommerce (the internet). -
