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Demand response (DR) programs aim to engage distributed small-scale flexible loads, such as thermostatically controllable loads (TCLs), to provide various grid support services. Linearly Solvable Markov Decision Process (LS-MDP), a variant…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-22 Ali Hassan , Deepjyoti Deka , Michael Chertkov , Yury Dvorkin

In this paper, a joint task, spectrum, and transmit power allocation problem is investigated for a wireless network in which the base stations (BSs) are equipped with mobile edge computing (MEC) servers to jointly provide computational and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Sihua Wang , Mingzhe Chen , Xuanlin Liu , Changchuan Yin , Shuguang Cui , H. Vincent Poor

With the ongoing energy transition, demand-side flexibility has become an important aspect of the modern power grid for providing grid support and allowing further integration of sustainable energy sources. Besides traditional sources, the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-19 Gargya Gokhale , Bert Claessens , Chris Develder

Demand response (DR) is becoming increasingly important as the volatility on the grid continues to increase. Current DR approaches are completely manual and rule-based or involve deriving first principles based models which are extremely…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Madhur Behl , Achin Jain , Rahul Mangharam

Demand response (DR) leverages demand-side flexibility, offering a promising approach to enhance market conditions like mitigating wholesale price spikes. However, poorly chosen DR locations can inadvertently increase electricity prices.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-06 Yufan Zhang , Honglin Wen , Tao Feng , Yize Chen

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a class of artificial intelligence algorithms being used to design adaptive optimal controllers through online learning. This paper presents a model-free, real-time, data-efficient Q-learning-based algorithm…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-11 Ali Aalipour , Alireza Khani

This paper presents a capacity-constrained incentive-based demand response approach for residential smart grids. It aims to maintain electricity grid capacity limits and prevent congestion by financially incentivising end users to reduce or…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Shafagh Abband Pashaki , Sepehr Maleki , Amir Badiee

Increasing global energy demand and renewable integration complexity have placed buildings at the center of sustainable energy management. We present a three-step reinforcement learning(RL)-based Building Energy Management System (BEMS)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-23 Theo Zangato , Aomar Osmani , Pegah Alizadeh

Green buildings (GBs) with renewable energy and building energy management systems (BEMS) enable efficient energy use and support sustainable development. Electric vehicles (EVs), as flexible storage resources, enhance system flexibility…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Chi Liu , Zhezhuang Xu , Jiawei Zhou , Yazhou Yuan , Kai Ma , Meng Yuan

This paper focuses on the critical load restoration problem in distribution systems following major outages. To provide fast online response and optimal sequential decision-making support, a reinforcement learning (RL) based approach is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-30 Xiangyu Zhang , Abinet Tesfaye Eseye , Bernard Knueven , Weijia Liu , Matthew Reynolds , Wesley Jones

We explore how Demand Response (DR) can effectively provide electricity system services such as for the management of bi-directional power flows and the control of voltage deviations in active distribution networks, without compromising…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-01 Arsam Aryandoust

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has recently received significant attention from the process systems engineering and control communities. Recent works have investigated the application of RL to identify optimal scheduling decision in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-11 Max Mowbray , Dongda Zhang , Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio Chanona

Driven by recent advances in batch Reinforcement Learning (RL), this paper contributes to the application of batch RL to demand response. In contrast to conventional model-based approaches, batch RL techniques do not require a system…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-04-10 Frederik Ruelens , Bert Claessens , Stijn Vandael , Bart De Schutter , Robert Babuska , Ronnie Belmans

Nowadays the emerging smart grid technology opens up the possibility of two-way communication between customers and energy utilities. Demand Response Management (DRM) offers the promise of saving money for commercial customers and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-07 Hossein Mohammadi Rouzbahani , Abolfazl Rahimnezhad , Hadis Karimipour

This paper studies the automated control method for regulating air conditioner (AC) loads in incentive-based residential demand response (DR). The critical challenge is that the customer responses to load adjustment are uncertain and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-15 Xin Chen , Yingying Li , Jun Shimada , Na Li

The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems, stationary energy storage systems (ESSs), and electric vehicles (EVs) alongside demand response (DR) programmes in industrial parks presents opportunities to reduce costs and improve renewable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Meng Yuan , Tinghui Yan , Zhezhuang Xu

The uncertainty in the power supply due to fluctuating Renewable Energy Sources (RES) has severe (financial and other) implications for energy market players. In this paper, we present a device-level Demand Response (DR) scheme that…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2018-05-03 Bijay Neupane , Torben Bach Pedersen , Bo Thiesson

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a central problem in artificial intelligence. This problem consists of defining artificial agents that can learn optimal behaviour by interacting with an environment -- where the optimal behaviour is defined…

In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) has gained popularity and has been applied to a wide range of tasks. One such popular domain where RL has been effective is resource management problems in systems. We look to extend work on RL…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Arisrei Lim , Abhiram Maddukuri

Hydrogen-based multi-energy systems (HMES) have emerged as a promising low-carbon and energy-efficient solution, as it can enable the coordinated operation of electricity, heating and cooling supply and demand to enhance operational…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Zhenyu Pu , Yu Yang , Lun Yang , Qing-Shan Jia , Xiaohong Guan , Costas J. Spanos