SOCCA: A security-oriented cyber-physical contingency analysis in power infrastructures

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-13

  Zonouz, Saman ^a   Davis, Charles M ^b   Davis, Katherine R ^b   Berthier, Robin ^c   Bobba, Rakesh B ^c   Sanders, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b PowerWorld Corporation   (United States)

^c United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency analysis; cyber physical systems; security; situational awareness; state estimation

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS; CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (CPSS); CYBER-PHYSICAL SECURITIES; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; POWER INFRASTRUCTURES; POWER SYSTEM TOPOLOGY; SECURITY; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; STATE ESTIMATION;

TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892599904     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2013.2280399     Document Type: Article

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