English
Related papers

Related papers: Learning to Optimize meets Neural-ODE: Real-Time, …

200 papers

The optimal power flow (OPF) problem can be rapidly and reliably solved by employing responsive online solvers based on neural networks. The dynamic nature of renewable energy generation and the variability of power grid conditions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Kejun Chen , Shourya Bose , Yu Zhang

The AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem is a core building block in electrical transmission system. It seeks the most economical active and reactive generation dispatch to meet demands while satisfying transmission operational limits. It…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-16 Terrence W. K. Mak , Ferdinando Fioretto , Pascal VanHentenryck

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

Learning to optimize (L2O) parametric approximations of AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) solutions offers the potential for fast, reusable decision-making in real-time power system operations. However, the inherent nonconvexity of AC-OPF…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Shimiao Li , Aaron Tuor , Draguna Vrabie , Larry Pileggi , Jan Drgona

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a very fundamental but vital optimization problem in the power system, which aims at solving a specific objective function (ex.: generator costs) while maintaining the system in the stable and safe operations. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-09 Yuhao Zhou , Bei Zhang , Chunlei Xu , Tu Lan , Ruisheng Diao , Di Shi , Zhiwei Wang , Wei-Jen Lee

One potential future for the next generation of smart grids is the use of decentralized optimization algorithms and secured communications for coordinating renewable generation (e.g., wind/solar), dispatchable devices (e.g.,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-24 Terrence W. K. Mak , Minas Chatzos , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck

This paper introduces a framework to capture previously intractable optimization constraints and transform them to a mixed-integer linear program, through the use of neural networks. We encode the feasible space of optimization problems…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Ilgiz Murzakhanov , Andreas Venzke , George S. Misyris , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Optimal power flow (OPF) is a critical optimization problem that allocates power to the generators in order to satisfy the demand at a minimum cost. Solving this problem exactly is computationally infeasible in the general case. In this…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-18 Damian Owerko , Fernando Gama , Alejandro Ribeiro

We consider the problem of computing equilibria (steady-states) for droop-controlled, islanded, AC microgrids that are both economic-optimal and dynamically stable. This work is motivated by the observation that classical optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-25 Sungho Shin , Victor M. Zavala

This paper proposes a novel machine-learning approach for predicting AC-OPF solutions that features a fast and scalable training. It is motivated by the two critical considerations: (1) the fact that topology optimization and the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Minas Chatzos , Terrence W. K. Mak , Pascal Van Hentenryck

Optimal power flow (OPF) has been used for real-time grid operations. Prior efforts demonstrated that utilizing flexibility from dynamic topologies will improve grid efficiency. However, this will convert the linear OPF into a mixed-integer…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-24 Thuan Pham , Xingpeng Li

This paper introduces for the first time a framework to obtain provable worst-case guarantees for neural network performance, using learning for optimal power flow (OPF) problems as a guiding example. Neural networks have the potential to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-06-22 Andreas Venzke , Guannan Qu , Steven Low , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

Optimal power flow (OPF) is one of the most important optimization problems in the energy industry. In its simplest form, OPF attempts to find the optimal power that the generators within the grid have to produce to satisfy a given demand.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-23 Damian Owerko , Fernando Gama , Alejandro Ribeiro

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) refers to a wide range of related optimization problems with the goal of operating power systems efficiently and securely. In the simplest setting, OPF determines how much power to generate in order to minimize…

The existence of multiple load-solution mappings of non-convex AC-OPF problems poses a fundamental challenge to deep neural network (DNN) schemes. As the training dataset may contain a mixture of data points corresponding to different…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Xiang Pan , Wanjun Huang , Minghua Chen , Steven H. Low

OPF problems are formulated and solved for power system operations, especially for determining generation dispatch points in real-time. For large and complex power system networks with large numbers of variables and constraints, finding the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Thuan Pham , Xingpeng Li

Power system networks are often modeled as homogeneous graphs, which limits the ability of graph neural network (GNN) to capture individual generator features at the same nodes. By introducing the proposed virtual node-splitting strategy,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Thuan Pham , Xingpeng Li

The energy transition is driving the integration of large shares of intermittent power sources in the electric power grid. Therefore, addressing the AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) effectively becomes increasingly essential. The AC-OPF,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Anna Varbella , Damien Briens , Blazhe Gjorgiev , Giuseppe Alessio D'Inverno , Giovanni Sansavini

This review explores the application of intelligent optimization algorithms to Multi-Objective Optimal Power Flow (MOPF) in enhancing modern power systems. It delves into the challenges posed by the integration of renewables, smart grids,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Yuyan Li

Ensuring solution feasibility is a key challenge in developing Deep Neural Network (DNN) schemes for solving constrained optimization problems, due to inherent DNN prediction errors. In this paper, we propose a ``preventive learning''…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Tianyu Zhao , Xiang Pan , Minghua Chen , Steven H. Low