by Edward Stanley Piekos., Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2000., Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-208)., This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special…

Three related methods are presented for determining the least-cost generating capacity investments required to meet given future demands for electricity. The models are based on application of large-scale mathematical programming decomposition techniques. In the first method, decomposition techniques are applied…