This paper proposes the utilization of a new sensibility index to organize a priority list for the solution of the Unit Commitment problem. The discrete nature of the operational decisions is mitigated through a continuous function. Thus the new index is derived from the lagrangian multipliers and the non-linear optimization problem is solved using the interior point primal-dual method. The priority list is obtained as a by-product of the lagrangian multipliers associated with the "ON-OFF" decision. The efficiency of the proposed methodology is demonstrated through several tests.
Lagrange coefficients; sigmoid function; interior-point; list of priority; unit commitment
