On a Pilot Linear Programming Model for Assessing Physical Impact on the Economy of a Changing Energy Picture

Abstract : This paper deals with a dynamic linear programming model on a pilot scale that attempts to describe in physical terms many of the technological interactions within and across the sections of the American Economy, including a detailed energy sector. The general aim of the model is to provide information on what the country would achieve over the long run in physical terms in the face of a changing energy picture. The model is expected to (1) incorporate most recent available data of sufficiently good quality (albeit in an aggregated form) that it can be used to generate some meaningful scenarios showing how the economy might be affected if the energy picture evolves in a specific way, and (2) provide us at the Systems Optimization Laboratory a prototype for research in solving large-scale linear programming models of energy systems.