Topology and cascading line outages in power grids

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-221

  Pepyne, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascading line failure; Complex networks; Power grid blackout; Robust yet fragile

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; OUTAGES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

CASCADING LINE FAILURE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; POWER GRID BLACKOUT;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 34347248466     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-007-5044-8     Document Type: Article

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