Handbook of Power Systems II

Transmission and Distribution modelling.- Recent Developments in Optimal Power Flow Modeling Techniques.- Algorithms for Finding Optimal Flows in Dynamic Networks.- Signal Processing for Improving Power Quality.- Transmission Valuation Analysis based on Real Options with Price Spikes.- Forecasting in Energy.- Short-term Forecasting in Power Systems: A Guided Tour.- State-of-the-Art of Electricity Price Forecasting in a Grid Environment.- Modelling the Structure of Long-Term Electricity Forward Prices at Nord Pool.- Hybrid Bottom-Up/Top-Down Modeling of Prices in Deregulated Wholesale Power Markets.- Energy Auctions and Markets.- Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets.- Futures Market Trading for Electricity Producers and Retailers.- A Decision Support System for Generation Planning and Operation in Electricity Markets.- A Partitioning Method that Generates Interpretable Prices for Integer Programming Problems.- An Optimization-Based ConjecturedResponse Approach to Medium-term Electricity Markets Simulation.- Risk Management.- A Multi-stage Stochastic Programming Model for Managing Risk-optimal Electricity Portfolios.- Stochastic Optimization of Electricity Portfolios: Scenario Tree Modeling and Risk Management.- Taking Risk into Account in Electricity Portfolio Management.- Aspects of Risk Assessment in Distribution System Asset Management: Case Studies.

Panos Pardalos is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida. He is also the Director of the Center of Applied Optimization. Steffen Rebennack works with Pardalos at the University of Florida. Mario V. F. Pereira works with Power System Research in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Nika A. Iliadis works with EnerCoRD - Energy Consulting, Research and Development in Athens, Greece.

From the reviews:"Provide an overview over the state-of-the art developments in operations research applications towards power systems. ... I recommend the book for power system researchers and professionals who are interested in incorporating optimization techniques into power systems applications. It can also be a good start for operations research scientists who are interested in power system applications. ... is more suitable for students of Operational Research, Mathematics, Physics or Systems Engineering at the Masters level ... . a welcome addition to the Energy literature ... ." (Josef Kallrath, Energy Systems, Vol. 2, 2011)