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Alternative current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems have been studied for over fifty years, and yet the development of an optimal algorithm to solve them remains a hot and challenging topic for researchers because of their nonlinear and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Meng Zhao , Masoud Barati

Alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problems are nonconvex and nonlinear optimization problems. Utilities and independent service operators (ISO) require ACOPF to be solved in almost real time. Interior point methods (IPMs) are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-07 Sayed Abdullah Sadat , Kibaek Kim

We present the results of a comprehensive benchmarking effort aimed at evaluating and comparing state-of-the-art open-source tools for solving the Alternating-Current Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) problem. Our numerical experiments include all…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Smitha Gopinath , Hassan L. Hijazi

We present a scalable solution method based on an alternating direction method of multipliers and graphics processing units (GPUs) for rapidly computing and tracking a solution of alternating current optimal power flow (ACOPF) problem. Such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Youngdae Kim , Kibaek Kim

Increasing levels of renewable generation motivate a growing interest in data-driven approaches for AC optimal power flow (AC OPF) to manage uncertainty; however, a lack of disciplined dataset creation and benchmarking prohibits useful…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Trager Joswig-Jones , Kyri Baker , Ahmed S. Zamzam

This paper introduces, for the first time to our knowledge, physics-informed neural networks to accurately estimate the AC-OPF result and delivers rigorous guarantees about their performance. Power system operators, along with several other…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-29 Rahul Nellikkath , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis

We present a linear cutting-plane relaxation approach that rapidly proves tight lower bounds for the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow Problem (ACOPF). Our method leverages outer-envelope linear cuts for well-known second-order cone…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-15 Daniel Bienstock , Matias Villagra

Foundation models, as a mainstream technology in artificial intelligence, have demonstrated immense potential across various domains in recent years, particularly in handling complex tasks and multimodal data. In the field of geophysics,…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-04-28 Hanlin Sheng , Xinming Wu , Hang Gao , Haibin Di , Sergey Fomel , Jintao Li , Xu Si

In this paper, we develop an online method that leverages machine learning to obtain feasible solutions to the AC optimal power flow (OPF) problem with negligible optimality gaps on extremely fast timescales (e.g., milliseconds), bypassing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-04 Ahmed Zamzam , Kyri Baker

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

We derive the branch ampacity constraint associated to power losses for the convex optimal power flow (OPF) model based on the branch flow formulation. The branch ampacity constraint derivation is motivated by the physical interpretation of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-14 Zhao Yuan , Mario Paolone

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

Solving the optimal power flow (OPF) problem is a fundamental task to ensure the system efficiency and reliability in real-time electricity grid operations. We develop a new topology-informed graph neural network (GNN) approach for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-03 Shaohui Liu , Chengyang Wu , Hao Zhu

Recent developments in applying machine learning to address Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (AC OPF) problems have demonstrated significant potential in providing close to optimal solutions for generator dispatch in near real-time.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Vincenzo Di Vito , Mostafa Mohammadian , Kyri Baker , Ferdinando Fioretto

Structural topology optimization, which aims to find the optimal physical structure that maximizes mechanical performance, is vital in engineering design applications in aerospace, mechanical, and civil engineering. Generative adversarial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-12-07 François Mazé , Faez Ahmed

Topology optimization enables the design of highly efficient and complex structures, but conventional iterative methods, such as SIMP-based approaches, often suffer from high computational costs and sensitivity to initial conditions.…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Aaron Lutheran , Srijan Das , Alireza Tabarraei

In the context of the energy transition, with increasing integration of renewable sources and cross-border electricity exchanges, power grids are encountering greater uncertainty and operational risk. Maintaining grid stability under…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Milad Leyli-abadi , Antoine Marot , Jérôme Picault

We present a pure linear cutting-plane relaxation approach for rapidly proving tight and accurate lower bounds for the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow Problem (ACOPF) and its multi-period extension with ramping constraints. Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-19 Daniel Bienstock , Matias Villagra

The uncertainty of multiple power loads and renewable energy generations (PLREG) in power systems increases the complexity of power flow analysis for decision-makers. The chance-constrained method can be applied to model the optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Ren Hu , Qifeng Li

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