A robust optimization model for the risk averse reservoir management problem

  • Erick Delage
  • Charles Gauvin
  • Michel Gendreau
    • Categories Applications - Science and Engineering, Robust Optimization, Stochastic Programming Tags , , , , Short URL: https://optimization-online.org/?p=13695

    This paper presents a new formulation for the risk averse stochastic reservoir management problem. Using recent advances in robust optimization and stochastic programming, we propose a dynamic, multi-objective model based on minimization of a multidimensional risk measure associated with floods and droughts for a hydro-electrical complex. We present our model and then identify approximate solutions using standard affine decision rules commonly found in the literature as well as lifted decision rules. Finally, we conduct thorough numerical experiments based on a real river system in Western Québec and conclude on the relative performance of families of decision rules.

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    École polytechnique de Montréal, C.P. 6079, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, (Canada), H3C 3A7 and HEC Montréal, 3000 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, (Canada), H3T 2A7

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