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LORENDAS: A COMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR THE MODELING OF LONG‐RANGE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPLIES *
Author(s) -
RAPOPORT L. A.,
SOYSTER A. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1977.tb00896.x
Subject(s) - resource (disambiguation) , range (aeronautics) , computer science , time horizon , representation (politics) , energy (signal processing) , energy system , energy supply , system dynamics , environmental economics , scenario analysis , energy modeling , operations research , environmental resource management , environmental science , business , economics , engineering , computer network , statistics , mathematics , finance , artificial intelligence , politics , law , political science , aerospace engineering
This paper reviews a time‐dynamic linearprogramming modeling system designed for quantitative analysis of worldwide energy resource development and processing activities over a 25 ‐ 30 year time horizon. The model includes explicit representation of exploration and production operations for energy minerals, as well as of the downstream supply, conversion and distribution of different energy forms, accounting for interfuel substitution. The uses of this model, which include forecasts of resource development, assessment of new technologies and analysis of energy policies, are discussed. The paper outlines a series of smaller, national or regional energy planning models which can be derived from the worldwide LORENDAS modeling structure and tailored to the needs of individual developing countries.