In order to assess climate mitigation agreements, we propose an iterative procedure linking TIAM-WORLD, a global technology-rich optimization model, and GEMI...

In terms of energy resources, Canada is an important player on the world scene. However, the energy systems of the Canadian provinces and territories are muc...

<p>The well-known method stochastic programming in extensive form is used on the large scale, partial equilibrium, technology rich global 15-region TIMES Int...

This paper presents an analysis of the optimal oil production quotas of OPEC under a worldwide climate regime imposing a limitation on the radiative forcing....

The partial equilibrium technology rich global 15-region TIMES Integrated Assessment Model (TIAM) is used to assess climate policies in a very uncertain worl...

<p> There is a revival in the nuclear debate observed in the literature. Most of the emission scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I...

In order to study the conditions for a world self-enforcing agreement on climate change, we model cooperative and non-cooperative world climate strategies w...

<p>This paper presents a recent version of the advanced multi-region World MARKAL model used to explore CO2 abatement options.</p> <p>The report describes ...

Our research examines a permit trading system where all countries participate to achieve a long-term greenhouse gases (GHG) stabilization target. Our main ob...

The paper discusses the coupling of non-linear non-convex damage costs due to climate change with a cost-efficiency analysis based on a technical-economic li...

In this paper we study the role of order releases and product mix coordination in a complex manufacturing line with batch processors. We develop a planning ...

In this article, we examine least-cost for reaching the greenhouse gas emission reductions specified by ghe Kyoto protocol for three Canadian provinces, Ont...

In this paper, we use the multi-region version of a detailed bottom-up model MARKAL, to explore avenues for reducing the cost of GHG abatement in North Amer...

This paper describes a decision support system based on a sophisticated mixed integer linear programming model, EUGENE, developed to help the regional decis...

This paper describes an advanced bottom-up approach for modelling the energy-environment sector to study greenhouse gas abatement. Three new features are d...

We present a general methodology to study the electricity market of a country or region, under various pricing mechanisms. The approach is based on modifica...

The long term analysis of an energy-environment system is fraught with various uncertainties. Classical stochastic programming has been used with large scal...

This paper reports the use of an advanced Multi-region Bottom-up model, the Extended MARKAL, for an in-depth investigation of the responses by the Québec-On...

The purpose of this document is to introduce the potential users to the new features of Extended MARKAL, stochastic programming and multiple region capabili...

Future patterns of climate change and economic growth are critical parameters in long­term energy planning. This paper describes a multi­stage stochastic p...

This article describes an extension of the MARKAL energy model, in which the demands for energy services are elastic to their own prices. The new model is c...

In this article, we examine the evaluation of the economic potentials of various renewable energy technologies. We first argue that traditional evaluation m...

Several technologies and renewable energy forms are evaluated using the global energy model MARKAL. This report describes some advantages of such an approa...

In this research, two large scale MARKAL L. P. models of Québec and Ontario are used to evaluate the response of their energy systems to various economic an...

In this paper we assess the potential contribution of optimization based systems analysis methods in the modeling of economy-energy-environment interactio...

One type of testing for short circuits in printed circuit boards components is described and modelled as the covering of the edges of a graph by cuts. To mi...

The rectangular cutting-stock problem consists in laying out a specified list of rectangular pieces on a minimum number of rectangular sheets. A pattern is ...

In this paper a class of large, structured linear programs arising in multi-regional (or multi-sectoral) commodity exchange problems, is examined. A decompo...

The large-scale MARKAL Linear Program is applied (separately) to the energy systems of Québec and of Ontario, under several alternative constraints on emiss...

This paper proposes a model for the optimal choice among three alternative new markets for Québec electricity: new electrical processes in the industrial se...

A multiregional electricity supply and trading model, derived from MARKAL and involving four regions, is used to assess the advantages derived from a cooper...

The interaction between a utility company and electricity cogenerators is modeled via a game theoretic, systems analysis approach, under the assumption of a...

This paper presents a new heuristic for the Euclidean planar traveling salesman problem. The heuristic takes advantage of the natural alignment of the point...

In this paper, we report on an updated, improved version of the MARKAL energy model, developed in the late 1970's under the aegis of member countries of the...

In this article, a MARKAL model of electricity trading between four regions is presented and used to simulate the advantages derived from cooperative planni...

New tour improvement heuristics are described and studied from the point of view of their performance on random and real instances. They are compared to the...

Ce rapport présente deux modèles illustrant l'évolution à long terme, des systèmes de production d'électricité des régions de l'Ontario et de la Nouvelle-An...

We report on the development of a linear process model of energy supplies and uses in the province of Ontario (Canada). The minerals industries producing ...

The two-dimensional cutting-stock problem consists of laying out a specified list of rectangular pieces on rectangular sheets, in such a way as to minimize t...

The MARKAL-Québec dynamic process model is used to simulate the reaction of the Québec energy and industrial sectors to the imposition of upper limits on th...

The interaction between a utility company and electricity cogenerators is modeled via a game-theoretic, systems analysis approach, under the assumption of a...

This paper presents a linear programming model of the Quebec and New York State power systems which includes a detailed description of the different types o...

The production scheduling problem considered in this paper is related to the planning of operations of a flexible manufacturing cell composed of a punch pres...

This research deals with the Planning of Operation on a two-machine cell consisting of: a) a (NC) turret-mounted multi-tool punch, b) a (NC) shear. The cell...

The oil refining industry is an important part of the Canadian energy supply system which has to adapt itself to the new energy demand patterns emerging from...

This report presents the structure and the possible uses of a long range system analysis tool which models the evolution of the energy needs of the Canadian ...

This report deals with the long range modelling of energy needs in the cement industry. Starting from the analysis already performed for the Québec energy s...

This report presents the structure and the possible uses of a long range system analysis tool which models the evolution of the energy needs of the Canadian ...

A process planning problem typically encountered in flexible manufacturing systems treating laminated material (e.g. metal sheets) is modelled and solved. I...

In this report, we deal with the assessment of energy technologies using the MARKAL model. Severals methods of evaluating the relative merits of technologie...

This report gives a general presentation of the Québec energy system modelling realized through the MARKAL formalism, and aimed at the implementation of a sy...

A Travelling Salesman Problem in a three-dimensional spatial domain is associated with a scheduling problem encountered in a flexible manufacturing cell incl...

Cet ouvrage présente le résultat d'une recherche de plus de deux années, subventionnée par le fond FCAC (Action spontanée), l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerc...

Cet article présente un modèle de programmation linéaire conçu pour analyser la structure du système énergétique du Québec et son adaptation à l'évolution de...

Ce rapport décrit MARKAL-Production, un modèle de programmation linéaire qui optimise l'offre énergétique au Québec sur l'horizon 1980-2020. Nous décrivons ...

Ce rapport décrit les objectifs et la structure propre des modèles MEDEE et MARKAL et présente une méthodologie de couplage entre ces deux modèles, l'un orie...

Ce travail contient l'analyse des premiers résultats obtenus à l'aide du modèle MARKAL-QUEBEC, sur l'avenir du système de production et d'utilisation de l'én...

La recherche effectuée actuellement par le GERAD dans le domaine de l'énergie porte sur l'intégration d'un ensemble de modèles permettant d'étudier l'évoluti...