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Security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) is solved for power system day-ahead generation scheduling, which is a large-scale mixed-integer linear programming problem and is very computationally intensive. Model reduction of SCUC may bring…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-14 Arun Venkatesh Ramesh , Xingpeng Li

With increased reliance on cyber infrastructure, large scale power networks face new challenges owing to computational scalability. In this paper we focus on developing an asynchronous decentralized solution framework for the Unit…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Paritosh Ramanan , Murat Yildirim , Edmond Chow , Nagi Gebraeel

The objective of electric power system operators is to determine cost-effective operating points by resolving optimization problems that include physical and engineering constraints. As empirical evidence and operator experience indicate,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-18 Mohamed Awadalla , François Bouffard

We consider the problem of minimizing costs in the generation unit commitment problem, a cornerstone in electric power system operations, while enforcing an N-k-e reliability criterion. This reliability criterion is a generalization of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-14 Richard Li-Yang Chen , Neng Fan , Ali Pinar , Jean-Paul Watson

The unit commitment problem (UC) is an optimization problem concerning the operation of electrical generators. Many algorithms have been proposed for the UC and in recent years a more decentralized approach, by solving the UC with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-23 Rogier Hans Wuijts , Marjan van den Akker , Machteld van den Broek

In this paper, the Unit Commitment (UC) problem in a power network with low levels of rotational inertia is studied. Frequency-related constraints, namely the limitation on Rate-of-Change-of-Frequency (RoCoF), frequency nadir and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Matthieu Paturet , Uros Markovic , Stefanos Delikaraoglou , Evangelos Vrettos , Petros Aristidou , Gabriela Hug

Efficient methods for large-scale security constrained unit commitment (SCUC) problems have long been an important research topic and a challenge especially in market clearing computation. For large-scale SCUC, the Lagrangian relaxation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Xuan Li , Qiaozhu Zhai , Jingxuan Zhou , Xiaohong Guan

Security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) model is used for power system day-ahead scheduling. However, current SCUC model uses a static network to deliver power and meet demand optimally. A dynamic network can provide a lower optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-16 Arun Venkatesh Ramesh , Xingpeng Li , Kory W. Hedman

With the increasing penetration of renewable energy, frequency response and its security are of significant concerns for reliable power system operations. Frequency-constrained unit commitment (FCUC) is proposed to address this challenge.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-14 Yichen Zhang , Hantao Cui , Jianzhe Liu , Feng Qiu , Tianqi Hong , Rui Yao , Fangxing Li

The deep penetration of wind and solar power is a critical component of the future power grid. However, the intermittency and stochasticity of these renewable resources bring significant challenges to the reliable and economic operation of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Alvaro Lorca , Xu Andy Sun

In this paper we present a formulation of the unit commitment problem with AC power flow constraints. It is solved by a Benders decomposition in which the unit commitment master problem is formulated as a mixed-integer problem with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-24 M. Paredes , L. S. A. Martins , S. Soares , Hongxing Ye

This paper proposes a data-driven version of the Benders decomposition algorithm applied to the stochastic unit commitment (SUC) problem. The proposed methodology aims at finding a trade-off between the size of the Benders master problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-04 Baudouin Vandenbussche , Stefanos Delikaraoglou , Ignacio Blanco , Gabriela Hug

Unit Commitment (UC) is a fundamental problem in power system operations. When coupled with generation maintenance, the joint optimization problem poses significant computational challenges due to coupling constraints linking maintenance…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-09 Paritosh Ramanan , Murat Yildirim , Nagi Gebraeel , Edmond Chow

In this article, we survey the main models, techniques, concepts, and results centered on the design and performance evaluation of engineered systems that rely on a utilization-dependent component (UDC) whose operation may depend on its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-13 Varun Jog , Richard J. La , Michael Lin , Nuno C. Martins

In this paper, we study unit commitment (UC) problems considering the uncertainty of load and wind power generation. UC problem is formulated as a chance-constrained two-stage stochastic programming problem where the chance constraint is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Yao Zhang , Jianxue Wang , Bo Zeng , Zechun Hu

In the face of extreme events, e.g., hurricanes, the transmission systems, especially the transmission lines, are affected across time and space. To mitigate these impacts on the day-ahead market from a probabilistic perspective, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Tianyang Zhao , Huajun Zhang , Xiaochuan Liu , Shuhan Yao , Peng Wang

The problem of detecting and removing redundant constraints is fundamental in optimization. We focus on the case of linear programs (LPs) in dictionary form, given by $n$ equality constraints in $n+d$ variables, where the variables are…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-12-04 Komei Fukuda , Bernd Gärtner , May Szedlák

Security-constrained unit commitment (SCUC) is a computationally complex process utilized in power system day-ahead scheduling and market clearing. SCUC is run daily and requires state-of-the-art algorithms to speed up the process. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Arun Venkatesh Ramesh , Xingpeng Li

The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources introduces significant uncertainty in power system operations, making traditional deterministic unit commitment approaches computationally expensive. This paper presents a machine…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-15 Amir Bahador Javadi , Amin Kargarian , Mort Naraghi-Pour

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Jinxin Xiong , Linxin Yang , Yingxiao Wang , Yanting Huang , Jianghua Wu , Shunbo Lei , Akang Wang