Load distribution vector based attack strategies against power grid systems

Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 935-941

  Zhu, Yihai ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   He, Haibo ^a  

^a University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Attack; Cascading failure; Power grid; Security

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM SECURITY; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; NETWORK SECURITY;

ATTACK; ATTACK STRATEGIES; CASCADING FAILURES; GRIDS COMMUNICATION; LOAD DISTRIBUTION VECTORS; NETWORK EFFICIENCY; POWER GRID SYSTEM; POWER GRIDS; SECURITY; SECURITY ISSUES;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84877637786     PISSN: 23340983     EISSN: 25766813     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2012.6503233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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