Evaluating North American Electric Grid Reliability Using the Barabasi-Albert Network Model
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
2009-11-10 v2 Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
The reliability of electric transmission systems is examined using a scale-free model of network structure and failure propagation. The topologies of the North American eastern and western electric networks are analyzed to estimate their reliability based on the Barabasi-Albert network model. A commonly used power system reliability index is computed using a simple failure propagation model. The results are compared to the values of power system reliability indices previously obtained using standard power system reliability analysis methods, and they suggest that scale-free network models are useful for estimating aggregate electric network reliability.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0408052,
title = {Evaluating North American Electric Grid Reliability Using the Barabasi-Albert Network Model},
author = {David P. Chassin and Christian Posse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0408052},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables, accepted by Physica A in March 2005