Vulnerability assessment of power grid using graph topological indices

International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Charles J ^a   Obah, Obinna B ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackout; Graph theory; Power grid; Topological indices; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT THEORY; POWER GENERATION;

TOPOLOGICAL INDICES; VULNERABILITY;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 37849035915     PISSN: 1553779X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1553-779X.1738     Document Type: Article

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