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In infrastructure sectors, e.g. electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, and rail transportation, the physical network is the critical link in the value chain for competition that is hard to realize, i.e. natural monopoly. The physical network is the capacity managers’ field. Capacity management of the physical network influences the degree to which competition in production, wholesale, and retail is successfully accomplished. Capacity problems can heavily disturb market processes in these links. In this chapter we investigate the critical relation between capacity problems and the arrangements for capacity management. We will explore whether observed capacity problems are due to inconsistent arrangements of capacity management.
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ten Heuvelhof, E.F., Kuit, M., Stout, H.D., Bauer, J.M. (2003). Capacity Management In Infrastructure Sectors. In: Thissen, W.A.H., Herder, P.M. (eds) Critical Infrastructures State of the Art in Research and Application. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0495-5_12
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