Critical points and transitions in an electric power transmission model for cascading failure blackouts

Chaos

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 985-994

  Carreras, B A ^a   Lynch, V E ^a   Dobson, I ^b   Newman, D E ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 0036924741     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1505810     Document Type: Article

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