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High percentage penetrations of renewable energy generations introduce significant uncertainty into power systems. It requires grid operators to solve alternative current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problems more frequently for economical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-04 Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Tianyu Zhao , Steven H. Low

Solving the non-convex optimal power flow (OPF) problem for large-scale power distribution systems is computationally expensive. An alternative is to solve the relaxed convex problem or linear approximated problem, but these methods lead to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-09 Rabayet Sadnan , Anamika Dubey

AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problems need to be solved more frequently in the future to maintain stable and economic power system operation. To tackle this challenge, a deep neural network-based voltage-constrained approach (DeepOPF-V)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-20 Wanjun Huang , Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Steven H. Low

There is a growing need for new optimization methods to facilitate the reliable and cost-effective operation of power systems with intermittent renewable energy resources. In this paper, we formulate the robust AC optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-03 Raphael Louca , Eilyan Bitar

Consideration of generation, load and network uncertainties in modern transmission network expansion planning (TNEP) is gaining interest due to large-scale integration of renewable energy sources with the existing grid. However, it is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-05 Soumya Das , Ashu Verma , P. R. Bijwe

The transmission switching problem aims to determine the optimal network topology that minimizes the operating costs of a power system. This problem is typically formulated as a mixed-integer optimization model, which involves big-M…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-17 Marina Aguilar-Moreno , Salvador Pineda , Juan Miguel Morales

A large amount of data has been generated by grid operators solving AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) throughout the years, and we explore how leveraging this data can be used to help solve future ACOPF problems. We use this data to train a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-23 Kyri Baker

The alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem is central to modern power system operations, determining how electricity is generated and transmitted to maximize social welfare while respecting physical and operational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Ata Keskin

Using machine learning to obtain solutions to AC optimal power flow has recently been a very active area of research due to the astounding speedups that result from bypassing traditional optimization techniques. However, generally ensuring…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Kyri Baker

AC Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) is computationally intensive for large-scale grids, often requiring prohibitive solution times with conventional solvers. Machine learning offers significant speedups, but existing models struggle with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Olayiwola Arowolo , Jochen L. Cremer

We present a distributionally robust optimization (DRO) approach for the transmission expansion planning problem, considering both long- and short-term uncertainties on the system demand and non-dispatchable renewable generation. On the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Alexandre Velloso , David Pozo , Alexandre Street

The Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) problem remains one of the most fundamental yet computationally challenging tasks in power systems operation and planning due to its nonconvex, nonlinear, and multimodal nature. This paper…

Many engineered systems, such as energy and transportation infrastructures, are networks governed by non-linear physical laws. A primary challenge for operators of these networks is to achieve optimal utilization while maintaining safety…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-08 Tillmann Weisser , Line Roald , Sidhant Misra

Optimal power flow (OPF) is the central optimization problem in electric power grids. Although solved routinely in the course of power grid operations, it is known to be strongly NP-hard in general, and weakly NP-hard over tree networks. In…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-22 Krishnamurthy Dvijotham , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Michael Chertkov , Sidhant Misra , Marc Vuffray

This work revisits the joint beamforming (BF) and antenna selection (AS) problem, as well as its robust beamforming (RBF) version under imperfect channel state information (CSI). Such problems arise due to various reasons, e.g., the costly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Sagar Shrestha , Xiao Fu , Mingyi Hong

The Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem is central to the reliable and efficient operation of power systems, yet its non-convex nature poses significant challenges for finding globally optimal solutions. While convex relaxation techniques such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Mohammadreza Iranpour , Mohammad Rasoul Narimani

AC optimal transmission switching (AC-OTS) is a computationally challenging problem due to the nonconvexity and nonlinearity of AC power-flow (PF) equations coupled with a large number of binary variables. A computationally efficient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-04 Rahul K. Gupta

Since the alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem was introduced in 1962, developing efficient solution algorithms for the problem has been an active field of research. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-14 Mowen Lu , Harsha Nagarajan , Russell Bent , Sandra D. Eksioglu , Scott J. Mason

Optimal Transmission Switching (OTS) problems minimize operational costs while treating both the transmission line energization statuses and generator setpoints as decision variables. The combination of nonlinearities from an AC power flow…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-05 Babak Taheri , Daniel K. Molzahn

In this work, we investigate a multi-source multi-cast network with the aid of an arbitrary number of relays, where it is assumed that no direct link is available at each S-D pair. The aim is to find the fundamental limit on the maximal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-06-05 Z. Chen , P. Fan , K. B. Letaief