A branching process approximation to cascading load-dependent system failure

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 915-924

  Dobson, Ian ^a   Carreras, Benjamin A ^b   Newman, David E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RISKS;

BLACKOUTS; CASCADE SIZES; LOAD-DEPENDENT SYSTEMS; SUPERCRITICAL SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12344250695     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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