I would like to model a system where a storage operator has to decide on actions

at the beginning of each time step while facing uncertainty about the

realizations of photovoltaic generation and consumption profiles.

It’s a multi-stage stochastic problem with 96 time steps (96 stages, 15 minutes each time step, one day).

I have a huge number of scenarios: 10^96.

I think L-shaped methods, Lagrangian decomposition, progressive hedging technique and other decomposition methods will not help in solving this problem, since I have a huge number of scenarios.

Kindly, I have two questions:

1. Do you think such a problem can be solved within a reasonable time?

2. Is there any alternative method to approximate the expected cost functions of future decisions without using scenarios?

3. Which method do you recommend to solve this problem?

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