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Mixed-Integer Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs arise in a variety of applications, particularly in energy, water, and gas systems, where discrete decisions interact with nonconvex quadratic constraints. These problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Ignacio Gómez-Casares , Pietro Belotti , Bissan Ghaddar , Julio González-Díaz

A fast and scalable iterative methodology for solving the security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) problem is proposed using problem decomposition and the inverse matrix modification lemma. The SCOPF formulation tackles system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-22 Matias Vistnes , Vijay Venu Vadlamudi , Oddbjørn Gjerde

This paper proposes a neural stochastic optimization method for efficiently solving the two-stage stochastic unit commitment (2S-SUC) problem under high-dimensional uncertainty scenarios. The proposed method approximates the second-stage…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Zhentong Shao , Jingtao Qin , Nanpeng Yu

In an attempt to speed up the solution of the unit commitment (UC) problem, both machine-learning and optimization-based methods have been proposed to lighten the full UC formulation by removing as many superfluous line-flow constraints as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Álvaro Porras , Salvador Pineda , Juan M. Morales , Asunción Jiménez-Cordero

In this paper, we discuss our approach and algorithmic framework for solving large-scale security constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) problems. SCOPF is a mixed integer non-convex optimization problem that aims to obtain the minimum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-06-02 Mohammadhafez Bazrafshan , Kyri Baker , Javad Mohammadi

With the integration of large-scale renewable energy sources to power systems, many optimization methods have been applied to solve the stochastic/uncertain transmission-constrained unit commitment (TCUC) problem. Among all methods,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-18 Xuan Li , Qiaozhu Zhai , Xiaohong Guan

As renewable wind energy penetration rates continue to increase, one of the major challenges facing grid operators is the question of how to control transmission grids in a reliable and a cost-efficient manner. The stochastic nature of wind…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-11-23 Kaarthik Sundar , Harsha Nagarajan , Line Roald , Sidhant Misra , Russell Bent , Daniel Bienstock

The N-1-1 contingency criterion considers the con- secutive loss of two components in a power system, with intervening time for system adjustments. In this paper, we consider the problem of optimizing generation unit commitment (UC) while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-20 Zhaomiao Guo , Richard Li-Yang Chen , Neng Fan , Jean-Paul Watson

In this paper, we present decomposition techniques for solving large-scale instances of the security-constrained optimal power flow (SCOPF) problem with primary response. Specifically, under each contingency state, we require that the nodal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Alexandre Velloso , Pascal Van Hentenryck , Emma S. Johnson

We present a decomposition approach for obtaining good feasible solutions for the security-constrained alternating-current optimal power flow (SCACOPF) problem at an industrial scale and under real-world time and computational limits. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-06 Cosmin G. Petra , Ignacio Aravena

The unit commitment problem (UC) is crucial for the operation and market mechanism of power systems. With the development of modern electricity, the scale of power systems is expanding, and solving the UC problem is also becoming more and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Jiangwei Hou , Qiaozhu Zhai , Yuzhou Zhou , Xiaohong Guan

Semidefinite relaxation techniques have shown great promise for nonconvex optimal power flow problems. However, a number of independent numerical experiments have led to concerns about scalability and robustness of existing SDP solvers. To…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-21 Anders Eltved , Joachim Dahl , Martin S. Andersen

This paper proposes a Clustered Unit Commitment (CUC) formulation to accurately model flexibility requirements such as ramping, reserve, and startup/shutdown constraints. The CUC is commonly applied in large and long-term planning models to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-21 German Morales-Espana , Diego A. Tejada-Arango

We consider multistage stochastic optimization problems involving multiple units. Each unit is a (small) control system. Static constraints couple units at each stage. We present a mix of spatial and temporal decompositions to tackle such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-18 Pierre Carpentier , Jean-Philippe Chancelier , Michel de Lara , François Pacaud

Power systems Unit Commitment (UC) problem determines the generator commitment schedule and dispatch decisions to realize the reliable and economic operation of power networks. The growing penetration of stochastic renewables and demand…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Xuan He , Yuxin Pan , Yize Chen , Danny H. K. Tsang

In this paper, a non-linear p-robust hub location problem is extended to a risky environment where augmented chance constraint with a min-max regret form is employed to consider network risk as one of the objectives. The model considers…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-02 Saeid Abbasi Parizi , Mahdi Bashiri , Andrew Eberhard

As renewable wind energy penetration rates continue to increase, one of the major challenges facing grid operators is the question of how to control transmission grids in a reliable and a cost-efficient manner. The stochastic nature of wind…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Kaarthik Sundar , Harsha Nagarajan , Miles Lubin , Line Roald , Sidhant Misra , Russell Bent , Daniel Bienstock

Time-adaptive unit commitment (UC) has recently been investigated to reduce the scheduling costs by flexibly varying the temporal resolution, which is usually determined by clustering the net load patterns. However, there exists a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-04 Junyi Tao , Ran Li , Salvador Pineda

Stochastic programming can be applied to consider uncertainties in energy system optimization models for capacity expansion planning. However, these models become increasingly large and time-consuming to solve, even without considering…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Shima Sasanpour , Manuel Wetzel , Karl-Kiên Cao , Hans Christian Gils , Andrés Ramos

Data center electricity consumption reached 4.4% of U.S. total in 2023 and is projected to grow to 6.7--12% by 2028, imposing increasing stress on transmission networks while representing a largely untapped source of controllable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Haoxiang Wan , Xingpeng Li