Scheduling Non-Preemptible Jobs to Minimize Peak Demand

This paper examines an important problem in smart grid energy scheduling; peaks in power demand are proportionally more expensive to generate and provision for. The issue is exacerbated in local microgrids that do not benefit from the aggregate smoothing experienced by large grids. Demand-side sched...

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Main Authors: Sean Yaw, Brendan Mumey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-10-01
Series:Algorithms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4893/10/4/122