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The Optimal Power Flow (OPF) problem is pivotal for power system operations, guiding generator output and power distribution to meet demand at minimized costs, while adhering to physical and engineering constraints. The integration of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Chen Li , Alexander Kies , Kai Zhou , Markus Schlott , Omar El Sayed , Mariia Bilousova , Horst Stoecker

Deregulated energy markets, demand forecasting, and the continuously increasing share of renewable energy sources call---among others---for a structured consideration of uncertainties in optimal power flow problems. The main challenge is to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-24 Tillmann Mühlpfordt , Timm Faulwasser , Veit Hagenmeyer

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

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is an important tool used to coordinate assets in electric power systems to ensure customer voltages are within pre-defined tolerances and to improve distribution system operations. While convex relaxations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Michael D. Sankur , Roel Dobbe , Emma Stewart , Duncan S. Callaway , Daniel B. Arnold

This paper develops an ensemble learning-based linearization approach for power flow, which differs from the network-parameter based direct current (DC) power flow or other extended versions of linearization. As a novel data-driven…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-22 Ren Hu , QiFeng Li

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

In many engineered systems, optimization is used for decision making at time-scales ranging from real-time operation to long-term planning. This process often involves solving similar optimization problems over and over again with slightly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-18 Sidhant Misra , Line Roald , Yeesian Ng

The optimal power flow (OPF) is an optimization model dedicated to the development of computational tools used for the planning and operation of electric power systems (EPS). In this work, based on the polar formulation, an extended convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Mauro Viegas da Silva , Mahdi Pourakbari-Kasmaei , J. Roberto Sanches Mantovani

In recent years, there has been significant interest in the development of machine learning-based optimization proxies for AC Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF). Although significant progress has been achieved in predicting high-quality primal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Guancheng Qiu , Mathieu Tanneau , Pascal Van Hentenryck

This paper considers distribution networks featuring inverter-interfaced distributed energy resources, and develops distributed feedback controllers that continuously drive the inverter output powers to solutions of AC optimal power flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-22 Emiliano Dall'Anese , Andrea Simonetto

Optimal power flow problems (OPFs) are mathematical programs used to determine how to distribute power over networks subject to network operation constraints and the physics of power flows. In this work, we take the view of treating an OPF…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-06 Fengyu Zhou , James Anderson , Steven H. Low

Fast and reliable solvers for optimal power flow (OPF) problems are attracting surging research interest. As surrogates of physical-model-based OPF solvers, neural network (NN) solvers can accelerate the solving process. However, they may…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Zuntao Hu , Hongcai Zhang

Probabilistic optimal power flow (POPF) is an important analytical tool to ensure the secure and economic operation of power systems. POPF needs to solve enormous nonlinear and nonconvex optimization problems. The huge computational burden…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-25 Yan Yang , Juan Yu , Zhifang Yang , Mingxu Xiang , Ren Liu

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

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has become a popular method for solving control problems in power systems. Conventional DRL encourages the agent to explore various policies encoded in a neural network (NN) with the goal of maximizing the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Tong Wu , Anna Scaglione , Daniel Arnold

We explore machine learning methods for AC Optimal Powerflow (ACOPF) - the task of optimizing power generation in a transmission network according while respecting physical and engineering constraints. We present two formulations of ACOPF…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Neel Guha , Zhecheng Wang , Matt Wytock , Arun Majumdar

In many optimization problems in wireless communications, the expressions of objective function or constraints are hard or even impossible to derive, which makes the solutions difficult to find. In this paper, we propose a model-free…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-31 Chengjian Sun , Dong Liu , Chenyang Yang

This paper proposes an input convex neural network (ICNN)-Assisted optimal power flow (OPF) in distribution networks. Instead of relying purely on optimization or machine learning, the ICNN-Assisted OPF is a combination of optimization and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-31 Rui Cheng , Yuze Yang , Wenxia Liu , Nian Liu , Zhaoyu Wang

Nonconvexity induced by the nonlinear AC power flow equations challenges solution algorithms for AC optimal power flow (OPF) problems. While significant research efforts have focused on reliably computing high-quality OPF solutions, it is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Dongchan Lee , Konstantin Turitsyn , Daniel K. Molzahn , Line A. Roald

Flow matching trains a neural velocity field by regression against a target velocity associated with a prescribed probability path connecting a simple initial distribution to the data distribution. A central design choice is the path…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Shukai Du , Junzhe Zhang , Yiming Li