Vulnerability of interconnected power systems to malicious attacks under limited information

European Transactions on Electrical Power

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 820-834

  Bompard, Ettore ^a   Napoli, Roberto ^a   Xue, Fei ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Interconnected power systems; Multi agent systems; Physical and cyber security; Power system security

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; POWER GENERATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; REINFORCEMENT;

CRITICAL INFORMATIONS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES; FICTITIOUS PLAYS; GAME MODELS; INTERCONNECTED POWER SYSTEMS; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; MALICIOUS ATTACKS; NETWORK INFORMATIONS; NETWORK REINFORCEMENTS; OPERATIONAL STATES; PHYSICAL AND CYBER SECURITY; POWER SYSTEM SECURITY; POWER SYSTEMS; REGULATORY RULES; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM STRUCTURES; SYSTEM VULNERABILITIES; TEST SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 56749169569     PISSN: 1430144X     EISSN: 15463109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etep.274     Document Type: Article

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