Applications of multi-agent systems in smart grid: a survey and taxonomy

Abstract

Multi-agent systems (MASs) in the smart-grid area have received a great deal of attention from the research community in recent years. Studies on MAS to the smart grid have brought a number of interesting technical discussions on simulation and modeling of the smart grid and research contributions. Researchers are trying to bring energy efficiency and load balancing in the smart grid. Many of these research works have achieved efficiency in power-system domain, while the social system and consumer satisfaction still need improvement. By focusing on the MAS in smart grid, in this part, we survey the body of knowledge and discuss the challenges of simulation and modeling of MAS in the smart grid. We investigate and group the existing solutions and highlight open-research problems.