Contracted Capacity Optimization Problem of Industrial Customers with Risk Assessment

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article is factually correct. He's interesting. Additionally, it is an up-to-date article in terms of content and utility. The problem of contract capacity optimization covered by the study is part of the search for an adequate tool for selecting contract capacity in order to obtain financial benefits. The aim of the work was to propose a risk assessment tool for the problem of contract capacity optimization using ant colony optimization and the autoregressive model. The study correctly used least squares algorithms, Recursive Levinson-Durbin algorithms and Burg algorithms. Both the model and the conclusions of the study are correct. The literature is adequate. These are the positive aspects of the study. Improvement suggestions:

-) Shouldn't the sentence ending on line 90 end with a colon? Then there is the calculation...

-) I suggest not ending subchapters with the formula, e.g. subchapter 2.2. Contract capacity optimization in the two-stage TOU. I suggest ending chapters with a summary text. The same note applies to figures (e.g. subsection 3.2. - Figure 1. Flow chart for searching the best p-order by ACO) and tables (e.g. subsection 4.2. Optimal contract capacity with risk assessment.)

It is valuable that the study was created under the MOST grant 111-2221-E-230-002.

 I am not qualified to assess the quality of English in this paper.

In my opinion, the article can be published after these minor improvement suggestions are implemented.

Author Response

     Thank you for providing us the review’s comments. We have taken care of these precious comments and revised manuscript with the changes clearly identified by a highlighter pen. The point-to-point responses to you are shown below.

1) Shouldn't the sentence ending on line 90 end with a colon? Then there is the calculation...

ANS: We had been modified in line 101.

2) I suggest not ending subchapters with the formula, e.g. subchapter 2.2. Contract capacity optimization in the two-stage TOU. I suggest ending chapters with a summary text. The same note applies to figures (e.g. subsection 3.2. - Figure 1. Flow chart for searching the best p-order by ACO) and tables (e.g. subsection 4.2. Optimal contract capacity with risk assessment.)

ANS: We had been modified in pg. 4 &5. ( line 134-142 & line 159-166).

         I sincerely hope that we have clarified all your questions. Your assistance is very much appreciated. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.

Your assistance is highly appreciated.

Sincerely yours.

Dr. Ming-Tang Tsai

Department of E.E.,

Cheng-Shiu University

Email:[email protected]

 

 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The research idea is very interesting, novel and in line with the theme of the journal. However, I believe that, in this form, the manuscript cannot be published because it does not have the necessary consistency considering the demands of the journal. I recommend the authors to improve the manuscript taking into account some ideas!

1.       The authors did not demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the field considering the small number of bibliographic references, around 20.

2.       In the abstract, the authors must specify the period during which the study was carried out, the region/country.

3.       The limited screening of the international scientific literature prevented the authors from demonstrating the existence of a research gap that justifies the completion of this study.

4.       In the introduction, the authors must state what the objective of the work is.

5.       The introduction must be expanded so that similar studies from the international literature are presented.

6.       The authors must justify the choice of the country/region where the study is carried out.

7.       The authors must insert a discussion section in which to interpret the results in the context of similar papers

8.       The conclusions must be more consistent and reflect the results of the study; the authors must present the limits and future research directions

Author Response

Dear Reviewer:

Thank you for providing us the review’s comments. We have taken care of these precious comments and revised manuscript with the changes clearly identified by a highlighter pen. The point-to-point responses to you are shown below.

 

1. The authors did not demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the field considering the small number of bibliographic references, around 20.

ANS: We had been added the references in “reference section”.

 

2. In the abstract, the authors must specify the period during which the study was carried out, the region/country.

ANS: It had been add in “Abstract”. (line 19&20)

 

3. The limited screening of the international scientific literature prevented the authors from demonstrating the existence of a research gap that justifies the completion of this study.

ANS: We had been discussed the literatures in “ Introdution section” (line 64-70)

 

4. In the introduction, the authors must state what the objective of the work is.

ANS: We had been discussed the literatures. (line 91-95).

 

5. The introduction must be expanded so that similar studies from the international literature are presented.

ANS: We had been discussed the literatures in “ Introdution section” (line 64-70)

 

6. The authors must justify the choice of the country/region where the study is carried out.

ANS: It had been add. ( line 306-307).

 

7. The authors must insert a discussion section in which to interpret the results in the context of similar papers

ANS: It had been add. (line 371-34).

 

8. The conclusions must be more consistent and reflect the results of the study; the authors must present the limits and future research directions

ANS: It had been add. (line 400-408).

 

 

I sincerely hope that we have clarified all your questions. Your assistance is very much appreciated. If you have further questions, please feel free to contact me.

 

Your assistance is highly appreciated.

 

Sincerely yours.

Dr. Ming-Tang Tsai

Department of E.E.,

Cheng-Shiu University

Email:[email protected]

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf