Cosimulation for smart grid communications

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2374-2384

  Li, Weilin ^a   Ferdowsi, Mohsen ^b   Stevic, Marija ^b   Monti, Antonello ^b   Ponci, Ferdinanda ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communications; cosimulation; real time simulation; simulation methods; smart grid

Indexed keywords

COSIMULATION; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION METHODS; SMART GRID; SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84910071396     PISSN: 15513203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TII.2014.2338740     Document Type: Article

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