Optimizing the day-ahead energy market for Central Western Europe subject to flow-based market coupling network constraints

The primary goal of this work was to develop a model that solved the market clearing problem while abiding by all the special requirements set by the European power ex- changes. The methodology that we applied is derived from Madani and Van Vyve, who referred to it as the Primal-Dual approach. It is assumed that the optimal set of blocks for the...

Quantized Distributed Optimization Schemes: A monotone operator approach

Recently, the effects of quantization on the Primal-Dual Method of Multipliers were studied.<br/>In this thesis, we have used this method as an example to further investigate the effects of quantization on distributed optimization schemes in a much broader sense. Using monotone operator theory, the effect of quantization on all distributed...