Published in November 2003 by Riskbooks:
"Risk
and flexibility in electricity: introduction to the fundamentals and techniques"
edited by Anne Ku
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Modelling Uncertainty in
Electricity Capacity Planning
by Anne Ku
Thesis submitted to the University of London for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
London Business School
February 1995
Chance favours the prepared mind.
- Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895)
The contents of this 472 page thesis can
be downloaded freely as adobe acrobat files (please note file size). To
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PhD = Piled higher and deeper?
a compilation of stories of doing a PhD by Anne Ku (Le
Bon Journal volume 2, issue 6) - 2 page PDF
| Table of Contents | 62 kB | The first 24 pages, including the abstract. |
| Chapter 1 | 34 kB | Preface and Overview |
| Chapter 2 | 118 kB | Introduction: Uncertainties in Power Generation |
| Part One | Model Synthesis for Completeness | |
| Chapter 3 | 147 kB | Approaches to Capacity Planning |
| Chapter 4 | 108 kB | The Pursuit of Model Synthesis |
| Appendix A | 150 kB | Pilot Study 1: A Comparison of the Economics of Nuclear, Coal, and Gas Power Plant Using Sensitivity Analysis and Risk Analysis |
| Appendix B | 118 kB | Stage One: Three Archetypal Approaches: Data Consolidation, Model Replication, and Evaluation |
| Appendix C | 47 kB | A Conceptualisation of Model Synthesis |
| Part Two | Flexibility for Uncertainty | |
| Chapter 5 | 38 kB | Cross Disciplinary Review |
| Chapter 6 | 82 kB | Conceptual Development |
| Chapter 7 | 152 kB | Measuring Flexibility |
| Chapter 8 | 121 kB | Modelling Flexibility |
| Appendix D | 70 kB | Flexibility and Robustness: Response to Demand Uncertainty by Over- and Under-Capacity |
| 55 kB | Conclusions | |
| 62 kB | References by Chapter 89 kB |