Probability distribution of blackouts in complex power networks

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 69-72

  Bei, Gou ^a   Hui, Zheng ^d   Weibiao, Wu ^b   Xingbin, Yu ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Density function; Hidden failure; Monte Carlo simulation; Power system blackouts; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TOPOLOGY;

HIDDEN FAILURE; POWER SYSTEM BLACKOUTS; STATISTICAL LAW;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION;

EID: 34548846926     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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