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MASTER THESIS Nr. 605MASTER THESIS Nr. 605
VISUALIZATION MODULE FOR A VISUALIZATION MODULE FOR A SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR
POWER TRADINGPOWER TRADINGTomislav Briševac
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OutlineOutline
Electricity market Power Trading Agent Competition (PowerTAC) Power TAC overview Power TAC Visualizer 2013 Conclusion and further work
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Electricity marketElectricity market
electricity – a produced good which can be traded trading takes place in an electricity market main entities:
producers (generation companies) electricity retailers end customers
consumers producers prosumers
Wholesale market Retail market
Producers Retailers End customers
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Power Trading Agent CompetitionPower Trading Agent Competition
by 2020, around 35% of the total energy demand in the EU will be generated by green energy resources
question raised: market response? answer: Power Trading Agent Competition (Power
TAC) Power TAC
competitive simulation environment which models electricity market
explores potential strategic, competitive or collusive behavior of market participants
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Power TAC overviewPower TAC overview
basic time unit – timeslot = 1 day
competition = 1440 timeslots
central entities – brokers (intelligent agents)
goal – make highest profit
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Power TAC projectPower TAC project
6 universities University of
Zagreb contribution Power TAC
Visualizer CrocodileAgent
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Power TAC Visualizer 2012
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Power TAC Visualizer 2013Power TAC Visualizer 2013
architecture mostly inherited from Visualizer 2012 two modules:
front-end module back-end module
new components: Metro UI HighCharts
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Back-endmodule
Front-end module
AjaxAjax
CSSCSSJavaScriptJavaScriptXHTMLXHTML
jQueryjQuery
HighChartsHighCharts
JSF - relatedJSF - relatedJSF faceletsJSF facelets
PrimefacesPrimefaces
Spring framework
Metro UIMetro UI
Power TAC SimulatorPower TAC Simulator
Messagess
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Power TAC Visualizer 2013 designPower TAC Visualizer 2013 design
key performance indicators (KPIs) broker’s success in different game segments identifying game segments in which broker’s
performance could be improved multiple modules
tasks high level overview enhanced analysis
push mechanism
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Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (1)representation (1)
spider chart
high level overview of different game parts
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Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (2)representation (2)
multiple level pie chart
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Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data Power TAC Visualizer 2013 data representation (3)representation (3)
multiple pane charts
parallel analysis
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Conclusion and further workConclusion and further work
Power TAC Visualizer 2013 enhanced game analysis push mechanism new GUI
Further work more detailed game overview generation companies visualization wholesale clearing
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