Structural vulnerability of power systems: A topological approach

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1334-1340

  Bompard, Ettore ^a   Wu, Di ^a   Xue, Fei ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b XJ Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Betweenness; Complex networks; Criticality ranking; Net ability; Power flow limits; Power system vulnerability; Topological vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BETWEENNESS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CRITICALITY RANKING; NET-ABILITY; POWER FLOW LIMITS; POWER SYSTEM VULNERABILITY; TOPOLOGICAL VULNERABILITY;

BUSES; NETWORK SECURITY; TOPOLOGY;

POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79956065270     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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