Analysis of structural vulnerabilities in power transmission grids

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 5-12

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

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Degree; Entropy; Power grid; Power system security; PTDF; Topological vulnerabilities

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DEGREE; POWER GRID; POWER SYSTEM SECURITY; PTDF; TOPOLOGICAL VULNERABILITIES;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GAS PIPELINES; GRAPHIC METHODS; MESH GENERATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PIPELINES; POWER GENERATION; POWER TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 64749088891     PISSN: 18745482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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