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Unit commitment and load dispatch problems are important and complex problems in power system operations that have being traditionally solved separately. In this paper, both problems are solved together without approximations or…

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This paper proposes a hard-constrained unsupervised learning framework for rapidly solving the non-linear and non-convex AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problem in real-time operation. Without requiring ground-truth AC-OPF solutions,…

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Consider a polynomial optimisation problem, whose instances vary continuously over time. We propose to use a coordinate-descent algorithm for solving such time-varying optimisation problems. In particular, we focus on relaxations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-24 Jie Liu , Jakub Marecek , Andrea Simonetto , Martin Takac

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

This paper proposes a generic and unified model of the power flow (PF) problem for multiterminal hybrid AC/DC networks. The proposed model is an extension of the standard AC-PF. The DC network is treated as an AC one and, in addition to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-02 Willem Lambrichts , Mario Paolone

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

Though the convex optimization has been widely used in power systems, it still cannot guarantee to yield a tight (accurate) solution to some problems. To mitigate this issue, this paper proposes an ensemble learning based convex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-18 Ren Hu , Qifeng Li , Feng Qiu

This paper presents a novel distributed approach for solving AC power flow (PF) problems. The optimization problem is reformulated into a distributed form using a communication structure corresponding to a hypergraph, by which complex…

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Convex relaxations of the AC power flow equations have attracted significant interest in the power systems research community in recent years. The following collection of video lectures provides a brief introduction to the mathematics of AC…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-20 Carleton Coffrin , Line Roald

The existence of multiple solutions to AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems has been noted for decades. Existing solvers are generally successful in finding local solutions, which satisfy first and second order optimality conditions, but…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-15 Ling Zhang , Baosen Zhang

The Security-Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) problem presents formidable computational challenges due to its combinatorial complexity, large-scale network dimensions, and numerous security constraints. While conventional temporal…

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Optimal power flow (OPF) is a central problem in the operation of electric power systems. An OPF problem optimizes a specified objective function subject to constraints imposed by both the non-linear power flow equations and engineering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-13 Mohammad Rasoul Narimani , Daniel K. Molzahn Dan Wu , Mariesa L. Crow

The alternating current optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problem is critical to power system operations and planning, but it is generally hard to solve due to its nonconvex and large-scale nature. This paper proposes a scalable decomposition…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-12 Shenyinying Tu , Andreas Waechter , Ermin Wei

We consider a class of optimal power flow (OPF) applications where some loads offer a modulation service in exchange for an activation fee. These applications can be modeled as multi-period formulations of the OPF with discrete variables…

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The alternating current optimal power flow problem is a fundamental yet highly nonconvex optimization problem whose structure reflects both nonlinear power flow physics and the topology of the underlying network. Among convex relaxations,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Gabor Riccardi , Ambrogio Maria Bernardelli , Stefano Gualandi

Using deep neural networks to predict the solutions of AC optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems has been an active direction of research. However, because the ACOPF is nonconvex, it is difficult to construct a good data set that contains…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Ling Zhang , Baosen Zhang

This paper proposes a global optimization method for it ensures finding good solutions while solving the unit commitment (UC) problem with carbon emission trading (CET). This method con-sists of two parts. In the first part, a sequence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Linfeng Yang , Wei Li , Guo Chen , Beihua Fang , Chunming Tang , Zhaoyang Dong

Security-Constrained Unit Commitment is a fundamental optimization problem in power systems operations. The primary computational bottleneck arises from the need to solve large-scale Linear Programming (LP) relaxations within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-14 Jinxin Xiong , Yanting Huang , Yingxiao Wang , Linxin Yang , Jianghua Wu , Shunbo Lei , Akang Wang

Convex relaxations of the optimal power flow (OPF) problem provide an efficient alternative to solving the intractable alternating current (AC) optimal power flow. The conic subset of OPF convex relaxations, in particular, greatly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-27 Jean-Luc Lupien , Antoine Lesage-Landry

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