Topological models and critical slowing down: Two approaches to power system blackout risk analysis

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hines, Paul ^a   Cotilla Sanchez, Eduardo ^a   Blumsack, Seth ^b  

^a U of Vermont   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADING OUTAGES; CRITICAL POINTS; CRITICAL SLOWING DOWN; DYNAMIC POWER SYSTEM MODEL; FAILURE POINTS; FREQUENCY DATA; GRAPH-THEORETIC; PHASE ANGLES; POWER GRIDS; POWER SYSTEM BLACKOUT; SYSTEM APPROACH; TIME-DOMAIN SIGNAL; TOPOLOGICAL MODELS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; OUTAGES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RISK ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952910081     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2011.444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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