TY - GEN
T1 - Algorithms for fair load shedding in developing countries
AU - Oluwasuji, Olabambo Ifeoluwa
AU - Malik, Obaid
AU - Zhang, Jie
AU - Ramchurn, Sarvapali Dyanand
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Due to the limited generation capacity of power stations, many developing countries frequently resort to disconnecting large parts of the power grid from supply, a process termed load shedding. During load shedding, many homes are left without electricity, causing them inconvenience and discomfort. In this paper, we present a number of optimization heuristics that focus on pairwise and group-wise fairness, such that households (i.e. agents) are fairly allocated electricity. We evaluate the heuristics against standard fairness metrics in terms of comfort delivered to homes, as well as the number of times they are disconnected from electricity supply. Thus, we establish new benchmarks for fair load shedding schemes.
AB - Due to the limited generation capacity of power stations, many developing countries frequently resort to disconnecting large parts of the power grid from supply, a process termed load shedding. During load shedding, many homes are left without electricity, causing them inconvenience and discomfort. In this paper, we present a number of optimization heuristics that focus on pairwise and group-wise fairness, such that households (i.e. agents) are fairly allocated electricity. We evaluate the heuristics against standard fairness metrics in terms of comfort delivered to homes, as well as the number of times they are disconnected from electricity supply. Thus, we establish new benchmarks for fair load shedding schemes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85055673512&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.24963/ijcai.2018/220
DO - 10.24963/ijcai.2018/220
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
T3 - IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
SP - 1590
EP - 1596
BT - Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2018
A2 - Lang, Jerome
PB - International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
T2 - 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2018
Y2 - 13 July 2018 through 19 July 2018
ER -