A Hierarchical Task Network Planning Approach for Optimizing Energy Production

Author

Boukerche, Kaddour ; Lounis, Hakim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. du Quebec a Montreal, Que.

Volume

2

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

2819

Lastpage

2824

Abstract

This paper is about implementing a solution based on a hierarchical task network (HTN) planning system for operating and optimizing energy production at Alcan´s Ltd. hydropower network. This solution proved to be more suitable than a former one using a rule-based system. We demonstrate how exploiting the hierarchical task oriented nature of the Alcan planning process helps (1) to increase to a significant degree some relevant software qualities in the management of a hydroelectric network and (2) to improve the whole performance of the system

Keywords

energy resources; hydroelectric power; knowledge based systems; power engineering computing; power system management; software quality; energy production optimization; hierarchical task network planning; hydroelectric network; hydropower network; rule-based system; software quality; Hydroelectric power generation; Hydrologic measurements; Knowledge based systems; Power system planning; Process planning; Production planning; Production systems; Quality management; Software quality; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd

Conference_Location

Damascus

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9521-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684859

Filename

1684859