Energy-aware multi-mode resource constrained project scheduling under time dependent electricity costs and user compromised consumption

Abstract

Future smart grid involves the monitoring and control of the energy consumption pro le of each consumer with demand-side strategies aiming to incentivise changes in consumers' pro les like time-dependent energy prices and compromised load patterns. However, demand-side management strategies need consumers capable to respond to the incentives. As a consequence, the project scheduling problem, which consists of a set of activities that has to be scheduled subject to precedence and resource constraints, need to be reviewed to consider the new challenges posed by smart grids. In this paper we model the multi-mode project scheduling problem under time-dependent energy prices and compromised load patterns to support decision making with energy-aware issues. We carried out experimentation based on real-based simulated scenarios to show the consequences of the proposed model