Energy policy planning: B A Bayraktar, E A Cherniavsky, M A Laughton and L E Ruff (Eds), Plenum Press, USA and UK

Abstract

Overview.- Methodological Issues.- Operational Issues.- Conclusions and Recommendations.- Keynote Address: One Statistician's Observations Concerning Energy Modeling.- Use of Models in Decision Making.- Use of Models in Decision Making.- Use of Models in Decision Making.- Working Group 1: Energy Model and Data Support and Operation.- Working Group 2: Methods for Model Evaluation.- Working Group 3: Technical Structure of Energy Models.- Working Group 4: The Communication Problem in Energy Policy Analysis.- Resource Modeling: Problems in the State of the Art.- Energy Models and Technology Assessment.- The Development of Electricity in the Future French Energy Balance: An Example of Readjustment.- Comments on the Papers Presented in the Session on Supply Modeling.- Modeling Energy Demand in the Short Term and the Midterm: The EIA Experience.- Modeling Production and Pricing within an Interindustry Framework.- Use of Energy Models for Business Decisions.- Energy Demand Analysis and Modeling.- Discussion of the Session on Demand Modeling.- Survey of Present Energy Models with Particular Reference to the European Community.- Model Comparison for Energy Policy and Planning.- An integrated Energy Modeling Approach: Experience at IIASA.- Capital, Energy, and Labor Cross-Substitution Elasticities in a Developing Country: The Case of Greek Manufacturing.- Discussion of Papers Presented in Comprehensive/Integrated Modeling Systems Session.- A Progress Report on the Development of Generalized Equilibrium Modeling.- The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: How Large Should It Be?.- An Examination of Econometric Energy Modeling and Comparision with Alternative Methodologies.- Multiobjective Energy Analysis.- Validation and Assessment Issues of Energy Models.- Implementation Aspects of Model Management: A Focus on Computer-Assisted Analysis.- NATO Advanced Research Institute on the Application of Systems Science to Energy Planning: Organization and Participants.