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Reinforcement learning (RL) can provide adaptive and scalable controllers essential for power grid decarbonization. However, RL methods struggle with power grids' complex dynamics, long-horizon goals, and hard physical constraints. For…

Maintaining the stability of the modern power grid is becoming increasingly difficult due to fluctuating power consumption, unstable power supply coming from renewable energies, and unpredictable accidents such as man-made and natural…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-06-30 Bo Zhou , Hongsheng Zeng , Yuecheng Liu , Kejiao Li , Fan Wang , Hao Tian

Extreme weather events and cyberattacks can cause component failures and disrupt the operation of power distribution networks (DNs), during which reconfiguration and load shedding are often adopted for resilience enhancement. This study…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Roshni Anna Jacob , Prithvi Poddar , Jaidev Goel , Souma Chowdhury , Yulia R. Gel , Jie Zhang

This paper presents a novel AI-based approach for maximizing time-series available transfer capabilities (ATCs) via autonomous topology control considering various practical constraints and uncertainties. Several AI techniques including…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-12 Tu Lan , Jiajun Duan , Bei Zhang , Di Shi , Zhiwei Wang , Ruisheng Diao , Xiaohu Zhang

This paper presents an approximate Reinforcement Learning (RL) methodology for bi-level power management of networked Microgrids (MG) in electric distribution systems. In practice, the cooperative agent can have limited or no knowledge of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-08-09 Qianzhi Zhang , Kaveh Dehghanpour , Zhaoyu Wang , Qiuhua Huang

The increasingly challenging task of maintaining power grid security requires innovative solutions. Novel approaches using reinforcement learning (RL) agents have been proposed to help grid operators navigate the massive decision space and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Benjamin M. Peter , Mert Korkali

Modern power grids are experiencing grand challenges caused by the stochastic and dynamic nature of growing renewable energy and demand response. Traditional theoretical assumptions and operational rules may be violated, which are difficult…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Ruisheng Diao , Zhiwei Wang , Di Shi , Qianyun Chang , Jiajun Duan , Xiaohu Zhang

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a promising tool to solve robust optimal well control problems where the model parameters are highly uncertain, and the system is partially observable in practice. However, RL of robust control policies often…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-14 Atish Dixit , Ahmed H. ElSheikh

The growing renewable energy sources have posed significant challenges to traditional power scheduling. It is difficult for operators to obtain accurate day-ahead forecasts of renewable generation, thereby requiring the future scheduling…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Shaohuai Liu , Jinbo Liu , Weirui Ye , Nan Yang , Guanglun Zhang , Haiwang Zhong , Chongqing Kang , Qirong Jiang , Xuri Song , Fangchun Di , Yang Gao

Power grid operators face increasing difficulties in the control room as the increase in energy demand and the shift to renewable energy introduce new complexities in managing congestion and maintaining a stable supply. Effective grid…

Power grids, across the world, play an important societal and economical role by providing uninterrupted, reliable and transient-free power to several industries, businesses and household consumers. With the advent of renewable power…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-21 Anandsingh Chauhan , Mayank Baranwal , Ansuma Basumatary

Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach has shown promisein solving complex decision and control problems in power engineering domain.In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of DRL-based voltage control fromaspects…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-25 Xiren Zhou , Siqi Wang , Ruisheng Diao , Desong Bian , Jiahui Duan , Di Shi

Deriving fast and effectively coordinated control actions remains a grand challenge affecting the secure and economic operation of today's large-scale power grid. This paper presents a novel artificial intelligence (AI) based methodology to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-14 Ruisheng Diao , Di Shi , Bei Zhang , Siqi Wang , Haifeng Li , Chunlei Xu , Tu Lan , Desong Bian , Jiajun Duan

The necessary integration of renewable energy sources, combined with the expanding scale of power networks, presents significant challenges in controlling modern power grids. Traditional control systems, which are human and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Carlo Fabrizio , Gianvito Losapio , Marco Mussi , Alberto Maria Metelli , Marcello Restelli

Distribution grid is the medium and low voltage part of a large power system. Structurally, the majority of distribution networks operate radially, such that energized lines form a collection of trees, i.e. forest, with a substation being…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-12 Deepjyoti Deka , Michael Chertkov , Scott Backhaus

Reinforcement learning (RL) has shown great potential for designing voltage control policies, but their performance often degrades under changing system conditions such as topology reconfigurations and load variations. We introduce a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Jie Feng , Yuanyuan Shi , Deepjyoti Deka

Most of the current game-theoretic demand-side management methods focus primarily on the scheduling of home appliances, and the related numerical experiments are analyzed under various scenarios to achieve the corresponding Nash-equilibrium…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Jun Hao

Topology control for power grid operation is a challenging sequential decision making problem because the action space grows combinatorially with the size of the grid and action evaluation through simulation is computationally expensive. We…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Pantelis Dogoulis , Maxime Cordy

Power grid operation is becoming more complex due to the increase in generation of renewable energy. The recent series of Learning To Run a Power Network (L2RPN) competitions have encouraged the use of artificial agents to assist human…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Barbera de Mol , Davide Barbieri , Jan Viebahn , Davide Grossi

Packet routing is a fundamental problem in communication networks that decides how the packets are directed from their source nodes to their destination nodes through some intermediate nodes. With the increasing complexity of network…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-29 Xuan Mai , Quanzhi Fu , Yi Chen