The purpose of this research is to identify effective criteria for measuring competitive position of certain products of Shahdiran company, a regional major food and juice producer in Iran. To determine the criteria and their relative importance, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used by organizing a decision team consisting of 6 top managers of the company. Four major competitors (based o...

Incorporating the demand response program (DRP) is one of the best approaches to increase the efficiency level and improving the competitive electricity market performance. In a competitive market, consumers can response to the wholesale market price variations during different time scale. The DRP allows the independent system operator to decrease the price volatility in peak hours. Different r...