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This paper introduces, for the first time to our knowledge, physics-informed neural networks to accurately estimate the AC-OPF result and delivers rigorous guarantees about their performance. Power system operators, along with several other…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-29 Rahul Nellikkath , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

The penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs) is increasing dramatically. Due to the uncertainty of DERs, the operation of the distribution system is facing higher risks and challenges. To overcome such challenges, a two-stage…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-07 Mingyue He , Zahra Soltani , Mojdeh Khorsand

In this paper the connection between stochastic optimal control and reinforcement learning is investigated. Our main motivation is to apply importance sampling to sampling rare events which can be reformulated as an optimal control problem.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-16 Jannes Quer , Enric Ribera Borrell

In order to coordinate the economy and voltage quality of a meshed AC/VSC-MTDC system, a new corrective security-constrained multi-objective optimal power flow (SC-MOPF) method is presented in this paper. A parallel SC-MOPF model with N-1…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Yahui Li , Yang Li

The AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem is central to power system operation but challenging to solve efficiently due to its nonconvex and nonlinear nature. Neural networks (NNs) offer fast surrogates, yet their black-box behavior raises…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Bastien Giraud , Rahul Nellikath , Johanna Vorwerk , Maad Alowaifeer , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Security-Constrained DC Optimal Power Flow (SC DCOPF) is an important tool for transmission system operators, enabling economically efficient and physically secure dispatch decisions. Although CPU-based commercial solvers (e.g., Gurobi) can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-04 Eren Tekeler , Xiangru Zhong , Huan Zhang , Samuel Chevalier

A prominent challenge to the safe and optimal operation of the modern power grid arises due to growing uncertainties in loads and renewables. Stochastic optimal power flow (SOPF) formulations provide a mechanism to handle these…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-07 Sarthak Gupta , Sidhant Misra , Deepjyoti Deka , Vassilis Kekatos

This paper explores the potential of Lagrangian duality for learning applications that feature complex constraints. Such constraints arise in many science and engineering domains, where the task amounts to learning optimization problems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-07 Ferdinando Fioretto , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Terrence WK Mak , Cuong Tran , Federico Baldo , Michele Lombardi

This paper is concerned with optimal power flow (OPF), which is the problem of optimizing the transmission of electricity in power systems. Our main contributions are as follows: (i) we propose a novel parabolic relaxation, which transforms…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-27 Fariba Zohrizadeh , Mohsen Kheirandishfard , Edward Quarm , Ramtin Madani

With the proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs), the transportation network and power grid become increasingly interdependent and coupled via charging stations. The concomitant growth in charging demand has posed challenges for both…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Qionghua Liao , Guilong Li , Jiajie Yu , Ziyuan Gu , Wei Ma

With the increasing penetration of distributed energy resources, distributed optimization algorithms have attracted significant attention for power systems applications due to their potential for superior scalability, privacy, and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-09 Sihan Zeng , Alyssa Kody , Youngdae Kim , Kibaek Kim , Daniel K. Molzahn

Linear approximation commonly used in solving alternating-current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) simplifies the system models but incurs accumulated voltage errors in large power networks. Such errors will make the primal-dual type gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-08 Heng Liang , Xinyang Zhou , Changhong Zhao

There is an emerging need for efficient solutions to stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow ({AC-}OPF) to ensure optimal and reliable grid operations in the presence of increasing demand and generation uncertainty. This paper presents a highly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Ilyes Mezghani , Sidhant Misra , Deepjyoti Deka

Solving the nonlinear AC optimal power flow (AC OPF) problem remains a major computational bottleneck for real-time grid operations. In this paper, we propose a residual learning paradigm that uses fast DC optimal power flow (DC OPF)…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Muhy Eddin Za'ter , Bri-Mathias Hodge , Kyri Baker

Safe Reinforcement Learning (RL) often faces significant issues such as constraint violations and instability, necessitating the use of constrained policy optimization, which seeks optimal policies while ensuring adherence to specific…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Ning Yang , Pengyu Wang , Guoqing Liu , Haifeng Zhang , Pin Lv , Jun Wang

Electric power grids are essential components of modern life, delivering reliable power to end-users while adhering to a multitude of engineering constraints and requirements. In grid operations, the Optimal Power Flow problem plays a key…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-29 Mostafa Mohammadian , Anna Van Boven , Kyri Baker

This paper presents novel methods to approximate the nonlinear AC optimal power flow (OPF) into tractable linear/quadratic programming (LP/QP) based OPF problems that can be used for power system planning and operation. We derive a linear…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Philipp Fortenbacher , Turhan Demiray

Deep learning for distribution grid optimization can be advocated as a promising solution for near-optimal yet timely inverter dispatch. The principle is to train a deep neural network (DNN) to predict the solutions of an optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-09 Manish K. Singh , Sarthak Gupta , Vassilis Kekatos , Guido Cavraro , Andrey Bernstein

This paper introduces a novel distributed optimization framework for large-scale AC Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problems, offering both theoretical convergence guarantees and rapid convergence in practice. By integrating smoothing techniques…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Xinliang Dai , Yuning Jiang , Yi Guo , Colin N. Jones , Moritz Diehl , Veit Hagenmeyer

The optimal power flow is an optimization problem used in power systems operational planning to maximize economic efficiency while satisfying demand and maintaining safety margins. Due to uncertainty and variability in renewable energy…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-02-18 Deepjyoti Deka , Sidhant Misra