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This paper proposes a data-driven approach to detect the switching actions and topology transitions in distribution networks. It is based on the real time analysis of time-series voltages measurements. The analysis approach draws on data…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Guido Cavraro , Reza Arghandeh , Alexandra von Meier , Kameshwar Poolla

The large size of multiscale, distribution and transmission, power grids hinder fast system-wide estimation and real-time control and optimization of operations. This paper studies graph reduction methods of power grids that are favorable…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Colin Grudzien , Deepjyoti Deka , Michael Chertkov , Scott N Backhaus

Network-topology inference from (vertex) signal observations is a prominent problem across data-science and engineering disciplines. Most existing schemes assume that observations from all nodes are available, but in many practical…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-11-11 Andrei Buciulea , Samuel Rey , Antonio G. Marques

The knowledge of distribution grid models, including topologies and line impedances, is essential to grid monitoring, control and protection. However, this information is often unavailable, incomplete or outdated. The increasing deployment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-02 Yifei Guo , Yuxuan Yuan , Zhaoyu Wang

Power system studies require the topological structures of real-world power networks; however, such data is confidential due to important security concerns. Thus, power grid synthesis (PGS), i.e., creating realistic power grids that imitate…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Mahdi Khodayar , Jianhui Wang , Zhaoyu Wang

The dynamic response of power grids to small transient events or persistent stochastic disturbances influences their stable operation. This paper studies the effect of topology on the linear time-invariant dynamics of power networks. For a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-21 Siddharth Bhela , Deepjyoti Deka , Harsha Nagarajan , Vassilis Kekatos

Cascading failures are the typical reasons of black- outs in power grids. The grid topology plays an important role in determining the dynamics of cascading failures in power grids. Measures for vulnerability analysis are crucial to assure…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-12-24 Yakup Koç , Martijn Warnier , Robert E. Kooij , Frances M. T. Brazier

This work studies the limitations of uniquely identifying the structure (i.e., topology) of a networked linear system from partial measurements of its nodal dynamics. In general, many networks can be consistent with these measurements; this…

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We introduce the Graph Mixture Density Networks, a new family of machine learning models that can fit multimodal output distributions conditioned on graphs of arbitrary topology. By combining ideas from mixture models and graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Federico Errica , Davide Bacciu , Alessio Micheli

State Estimation is a crucial task in power systems. Graph Neural Networks have demonstrated significant potential in state estimation for power systems by effectively analyzing measurement data and capturing the complex interactions and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-22 Seyed Hamed Haghshenas , Mia Naeini

Network architecture design is very important for the optimization of industrial networks. The type of network architecture can be divided into small-scale network and large-scale network according to its scale. Graph theory is an efficient…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Chao Dong , Xiaoxiong Xiong , Qiulin Xue , Zhengzhen Zhang , Kai Niu , Ping Zhang

Power grids are undergoing major changes from a few large producers to smart grids build upon renewable energies. Mathematical models for power grid dynamics have to be adapted to capture, when dynamic nodes can achieve synchronization to a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-07-11 Christian Kuehn , Sebastian Throm

Topology identification and inference of processes evolving over graphs arise in timely applications involving brain, transportation, financial, power, as well as social and information networks. This chapter provides an overview of graph…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Gonzalo Mateos , Yanning Shen , Georgios B. Giannakis , Ananthram Swami

Factors such as the proliferation of renewable energy and electrification contribute to grid congestion as a pressing problem. Topology control is an appealing method for relieving congestion, but traditional approaches for topology…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Matthijs de Jong , Jan Viebahn , Yuliya Shapovalova

This work presents a topology detection method combining home smart meter information and sparse line flow measurements. The problem is formulated as a spanning tree detection problem over a graph given partial nodal and edge flow…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Raffi Avo Sevlian , Ram Rajagopal

This paper proposes a novel approach for detecting the topology of distribution networks based on the analysis of time series measurements. The time-based analysis approach draws on data from high-precision phasor measurement units (PMUs or…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-04-23 Guido Cavraro , Reza Arghandeh , Alexandra von Meier

Discovering and characterizing the large-scale topological features in empirical networks are crucial steps in understanding how complex systems function. However, most existing methods used to obtain the modular structure of networks…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2014-03-26 Tiago P. Peixoto

We consider the detection and localization of change points in the distribution of an offline sequence of observations. Based on a nonparametric framework that uses a similarity graph among observations, we propose new test statistics when…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-03-05 Lizhen Nie , Dan L. Nicolae

Network topology in distribution networks is often unknown, because most switches are not equipped with measurement devices and communication links. However, knowledge about the actual topology is critical for safe and reliable grid…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-02-25 Reza Arghandeh , Martin Gahr , Alexandra von Meier , Guido Cavraro , Monika Ruh , Göran Andersson

We consider the problem of minimizing the number of broadcasts for collecting all sensor measurements at a sink node in a noisy broadcast sensor network. Focusing first on arbitrary network topologies, we provide (i) fundamental limits on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-01 Yaoqing Yang , Soummya Kar , Pulkit Grover