| Article ID: | iaor20083173 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 37 |
| End Page Number: | 52 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Journal: | Investigao Operacional |
| Authors: | Catalo Joo, Mariano Slvio, Mendes Victor, Ferreira Lus |
| Keywords: | scheduling |
This paper focuses on the optimal scheduling of hydro power systems. A new methodology based on nonlinear optimisation is proposed for solving the problem considering the head change effect. The numerical results obtained for a case study illustrate the behaviour of the new methodology proposed.