Modeling cyber-physical vulnerability of the smart grid with incomplete information

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Srivastava, Anurag ^a   Morris, Thomas ^b   Ernster, Timothy ^a   Vellaithurai, Ceeman ^a   Pan, Shengyi ^b   Adhikari, Uttam ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aurora attack; cyber physical vulnerability; graph theory; information and communication technology for smart grid; RTDS

Indexed keywords

AURORA ATTACK; CYBER PHYSICALS; IEEE 118-BUS SYSTEM; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; RTDS; SMART GRID;

COMMUNICATION; GRAPH THEORY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODELS; NETWORK SECURITY; SMART POWER GRIDS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 84875054046     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2232318     Document Type: Article

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