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GenCos' Behaviors Modeling Based on Q Learning Improved by Dichotomy

Systems and Control 2020-08-05 v1 Machine Learning Systems and Control

Abstract

Q learning is widely used to simulate the behaviors of generation companies (GenCos) in an electricity market. However, existing Q learning method usually requires numerous iterations to converge, which is time-consuming and inefficient in practice. To enhance the calculation efficiency, a novel Q learning algorithm improved by dichotomy is proposed in this paper. This method modifies the update process of the Q table by dichotomizing the state space and the action space step by step. Simulation results in a repeated Cournot game show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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@article{arxiv.2008.01536,
  title  = {GenCos' Behaviors Modeling Based on Q Learning Improved by Dichotomy},
  author = {Qiangang Jia and Zhaoyu Hu and Yiyan Li and Zheng Yan and Sijie Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.01536},
  year   = {2020}
}
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