Multicriteria load management in power systems

The problems of power and energy shortage (natural or associated with the advisability of load management) allocation at different levels of territorial, temporal, and situational hierarchy of consumption control are formulated within the framework of multicriteria optimization models. This permits one to realize a new technology of load management providing consideration and minimization of diverse negative consequences of power and energy shortage allocation and creation of incentive influences for consumers. The solution of multicriteria problems is based on the Bellman-Zadeh approach to decision making in a fuzzy environment. The advantages and capabilities opened by its application are discussed. The results of the paper are realized within the framework of an adaptive interactive decision making system, which can be used in allocating diverse types of resources or their shortages.