A Survey of Multi-Agent Systems for Smartgrids

This paper provides a survey of the literature on the application of Multi-agent Systems (MAS) technology for Smartgrids. Smartgrids represent the next generation electric network, as communities are developing self-sufficient and environmentally friendly energy production. As a cyber-physical syste...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2024-08, Vol.17 (15), p.3620
Main Authors: Izmirlioglu, Yusuf, Pham, Loc, Son, Tran Cao, Pontelli, Enrico
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act 2009-US
Artificial Intelligence
Climate change
Computer engineering
electrical infrastructure
Electricity
Emissions
Energy consumption
Energy industry
Energy management
Energy resources
Germany
Greece
Industrial plant emissions
Infrastructure
knowledge reasoning
multi-agent systems
Natural resources
Netherlands
New Jersey
New York
Nuclear energy
Nuclear power plants
Pollution
renewable energy
Renewable resources
Smartgrid
Software
Supply and demand
Transportation services
United Kingdom
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Summary:This paper provides a survey of the literature on the application of Multi-agent Systems (MAS) technology for Smartgrids. Smartgrids represent the next generation electric network, as communities are developing self-sufficient and environmentally friendly energy production. As a cyber-physical system, the development of the vision of Smartgrids requires the resolution of major technical problems; this has fed over a decade of research. Due to the stochastic, intermittent nature of renewable energy resources and the heterogeneity of the agents involved in a Smartgrid, demand and supply management, energy trade and control of grid elements constitute great challenges for stable operation. In addition, in order to offer resilience against faults and attacks, Smartgrids should also have restoration, self-recovery and security capabilities. Multi-agent systems (MAS) technology has been a popular approach to deal with these challenges in Smartgrids, due to their ability to support reasoning in a distributed context. This survey reviews the literature concerning the use of MAS models in each of the relevant research areas related to Smartgrids. The survey explores how researchers have utilized agent-based tools and methods to solve the main problems of Smartgrids. The survey also discusses the challenges in the advancement of Smartgrid technology and identifies the open problems for research from the view of multi-agent systems.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en17153620