?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4895%2F&rft.title=Fuzzy+Linear+Programming+in+DSS+for+Energy+System+Planning&rft.creator=Canz%2C+T.&rft.description=Energy+system+planning+requires+the+use+of+planning+tools.+The+mathematical+models+of+real-world+energy+systems+are+usually+multiperiod+linear+optimization+programs.+In+these+models%2C+the+objective+function+describes+the+total+discounted+costs+of+covering+the+demand+for+final+energy+or+energy+services.+The+demand+for+various+forms+of+energy+or+energy+services+is+the+driving+force+of+the+models.+By+using+such+linear+programming+(LP)+formulations%2C+decision+makers+can+elaborate+suitable+strategies+for+solving+their+planning+problems%2C+such+as+the+development+of+emission+reduction+strategies.+%0D%0A%0D%0AUncertainties+that+affect+the+process+of+energy+system+planning+can+be+divided+into+parameter+and+decision+uncertainties.+Data+or+parameter+uncertainties+can+be+addressed+either+by+stochastic+optimization+or+by+the+methodology+of+fuzzy+linear+programming+(FLP).+In+addition%2C+FLP+allows+explicit+incorporation+of+decision+uncertainties+into+a+mathematical+model.+%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+paper+therefore+aims+at+evaluating+the+methodology+of+FLP+with+respect+to+the+support+that+it+offers+the+decision-making+process+in+energy+system+planning+under+uncertainty.+%0D%0A%0D%0AEmploying+the+parallels+between+multi-objective+linear+programming+(MOLP)+and+FLP%2C+problems+of+FLP+in+decision+support+system+applications+are+pointed+out+and+solutions+are+offered.+The+proposed+modifications+are+based+on+the+methodology+of+aspiration-reservation+based+decision+support+and+still+enable+modeling+of+uncertainties+in+a+fuzzy+sense.+A+case+study+is+documented+to+show+the+application+of+the+modified+FLP+approach.&rft.publisher=WP-96-132&rft.date=1996-11&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4895%2F1%2FWP-96-132.pdf&rft.identifier=++Canz%2C+T.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1178.html%3E++(1996).++Fuzzy+Linear+Programming+in+DSS+for+Energy+System+Planning.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-132+++++