re : hello from london zimin , i have a copy of the article . i agree with you . the model is essentially the same ( in intentions ) . i shall distributed the copy of the paper to the trades here . it explains well the logic behind the model and it ' s an independent source . vince zimin lu 05 / 30 / 2000 10 : 44 am to : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect cc : stinson gibner / hou / ect @ ect subject : re : hello from london vince , i got the article . i can make a copy for you when i get back . the article is pretty much for marketing purpose . my reading from that paper is as follows : 1 . solve optimal exercise bounday using stocastic dp ; 2 . runing price trajectory to tracking storage level to give average storage cycling ; our model addresses the same issues , althrough maybe the implementation is not quite the same . i will fax to you if i can find the article here . regards , zimin vince j kaminski 05 / 30 / 2000 09 : 56 am to : zimin lu / hou / ect @ ect cc : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect subject : re : hello from london zimin , there was an interesting article on gas storage modeling by people from camminus in the march issue of energy and power risk management . please , see if you can get this article . vince zimin lu 05 / 30 / 2000 04 : 59 am to : vince j kaminski / hou / ect @ ect , stinson gibner / hou / ect @ ect cc : anjam ahmad / lon / ect @ ect subject : hello from london vince and stinson , i am in the london office this week . things are quite nice here . my host anjam arranged a full itinerary for me . tuesday is reserved for anjam to talk about various subjects including inflation modeling , power vol curve , mean reverting price & vol model , and i will talk about the spot and multi - factor models , xll . wednesday , i will concentrate on the gas storage model with natasha danilochkina . thursday and friday i will talk to haakan olafsson , mark jones , anjam , and natasha about uk gas forward curve simulation , gas swing model , and implementation issues of uk virtural storage model . i will give you a full report when i get back . it is cold and rainy here in london . it makes me feel sunny and hot houston actually is not that bad . zimin