Risk assessment of malicious attacks against power systems

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1074-1085

  Bompard, Ettore ^a,b   Gao, Ciwei ^c   Napoli, Roberto ^a   Russo, Angela ^a   Masera, Marcelo ^d   Stefanini, Alberto ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Game theory; Malicious attack; Mixed strategy equilibrium (MSE); Power system security; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ELEMENTS; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; DEFENSE PLANS; GAME EQUILIBRIUM; MALICIOUS AGENT; MALICIOUS ATTACK; MIXED-STRATEGY EQUILIBRIUM (MSE); NATURAL EVENTS; NEW APPROACHES; POWER SYSTEMS; POWER-SYSTEM SECURITY; RESOURCE VARIATIONS; RISK SENSITIVITY; STRATEGIC INTERACTIONS; SYSTEM OPERATOR; SYSTEMIC FAILURE; TEST SYSTEMS; TIME CONSTRAINTS; VULNERABILITY;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PLANNING; POWER TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SECURITY OF DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN ENERGY;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 69649100728     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2009.2020687     Document Type: Article

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