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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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