Smart grids are considered to replace traditional grids by adopting advanced technologies. Peak amounts would be an important future problem because of new devices such as electric cars, smart home appliances and the others with high-energy consumptions. In a smart grid environment, these problems should be eliminated. As a solution a management and control mechanism is required. In a smart gri...

A model of the Iranian wheat market is specified and fitted to data from 1981-2008. Severaldiagnostic tests were employed in the analysis to determine the specification of the model. Despitethe simplicity of the model and data problems, an examination of the econometric model leads toseveral conclusions with possible important policy implications for the wheat economy in Iran.The general result...