In the Smart Grid (SG), generation, distribution, pricing, utilization, and storage of electrical energy are handled in a distributed, integrated, reliable, efficient, and sustainable fashion by multiple coordinated parties. Almost all aspects of this global Energy and Information Internet are envisioned to be optimized so that the targeted enhancements over the traditional electric grid can be fulfilled to the fullest extent possible. Considering each of these constituents in optimization requires a sufficiently detailed mathematical model, which is the starting point of an optimization process, and a wide array of optimization techniques are utilized for solving various optimization problems in Smart Grid. This timely book introduces the fundamentals of smart grid concepts, the pillars of mathematical programming-based optimization, modeling Smart Grid problems as optimization models, and optimization techniques for different modeling purposes and constraints. With the proliferation of the deployment of SG enabling technologies, there is a need for a workforce that is familiar with the latest fundamental developments in the field of SG and microgrid optimization. The book will also be useful in academia for faculty, researchers, and students as a primary textbook for SG demand response.
About the Author: Suleyman Uludag, Associate Professor, The University of Michigan - Flint, Ann Arbor, USA. Suleyman has been working in the area of Smart Grid for the past 5 years. He has been awarded a Teaching Excellence Award by the University of Michigan - Flint in 2010. He has published several survey type papers and delivered 7 tutorials on conferences on Smart Grid. He has several papers in progress on topics related to the book's theme.
Tolga Girici, Associate Professor, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. Tolga received his Ph.D. degree from University of Maryland, College Park USA in 2007. He has previously worked as an Intern at Intelligent Automation Inc. at Bethesda MD, and Fujitsu Labs, College Park, MD USA. He has served in the TPC of many networking conferences such as ICC, Globecom, PIMRC and WCNC, and reviewer for many networking journals. His research interests include Next Generation Wireless Communications, LTE, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Tactical Communications.
Hakan Gultekin, Associate Professor, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. Hakan received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University in Turkey. Before joining TOBB ETU he visited the University of Liege in Belgium for postdoctoral studies. His research interests include scheduling, optimization modeling and exact and heuristic algorithm development especially for the problems arising in modern manufacturing systems, wireless sensor networks and energy management. He has several journal and conference papers on these topics.
Bulent Tavli, Professor, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. Bulent received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2001 and 2005 from the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. Smart grid, information security, telecommunications, mathematical programming, and embedded systems are his current research areas. He has been working in the area of Smart Grid for the past two years and on modeling, analysis, and optimization of engineering systems for more than ten years.
