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Bunn - Systems Modelling for Energy Policy - 9780471957942 - V9780471957942
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Systems Modelling for Energy Policy

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Description for Systems Modelling for Energy Policy Hardcover. The use of systems models is becoming increasingly popular in the energy industry to investigate regulatory prices, environmental issues, strategic competitive behavior, broader markets and the impact of privatizations. This book addresses the new challenges to modelling as a result of the trend away from planned economies to new market structures. Editor(s): Bunn, Derek W.; Larsen, Erik R. Num Pages: 342 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJQ; KNB; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Energy is a sector where there has always been a serious modelling tradition, but with the worldwide trend away from planned economies to new market structures, the risk, uncertainties and competitive aspects which need to be incorporated pose new challenges to analyse strategic as well as economic behaviour. Systems Modelling for Energy Policy addresses the strong and apparently countervailing themes dominating energy policy in the current decade:
  • concerns about global warming have stimulated an intense and methodologically diverse level of analytical activity aimed ultimately at greater international co-ordination in policy and planning
  • simultaneously we are witnessing a worldwide trend away from ... Read more
To accommodate these shifts in focus, more comprehensive analytical procedures are needed to address technical challenges in handling large models whilst smaller, policy-specific behavioural models may give greater insight to the strategic challenges involved in maintaining focus on key industry restructuring issues for which past data is not available. This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to the range of issues and modelling alternatives that a systems perspective gives to the analysis of energy policy. Practitioners, analysts and researchers will find new studies and comparative modelling insights in this book which are not easily accessed elsewhere. Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471957942
SKU
V9780471957942
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Bunn
Derek W. Bunn is currently Professor and Chairman of the Decision Sciences subject area and Director of the Energy Markets Group at the London Business School, having held previous appointments at Oxford and Stanford universities. As a prominent international advisor on energy economics, he has consulted for many global energy companies and advised a number of government agencies. Author of ... Read more

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