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The power flow equations are non-linear multivariate equations that describe the relationship between power injections and bus voltages of electric power networks. Given a network topology, we are interested in finding network parameters…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Alperen Ergur , Julia Lindberg , Vinny Miller

We propose a computationally efficient rollout-then-optimize method to improve a learned control policy at deployment time. A learned policy provides a nominal trajectory, which is refined online by a single Newton step implemented via a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Andrea Ghezzi , Rudolf Reiter , Katrin Baumgärtner , Alberto Bemporad , Moritz Diehl

The AC optimal power flow (AC-OPF) problem is essential for power system operations, but its non-convex nature makes it challenging to solve. A widely used simplification is the linearized DC optimal power flow (DC-OPF) problem, which can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-28 Salvador Pineda , Juan Pérez-Ruiz , Juan Miguel Morales

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

This paper formulates an inverse power flow problem which is to infer a nodal admittance matrix (hence the network structure of a power system) from voltage and current phasors measured at a number of buses. We show that the admittance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-18 Ye Yuan , Steven Low , Omid Ardakanian , Claire Tomlin

Nonlinear power flow constraints render a variety of power system optimization problems computationally intractable. Emerging research shows, however, that the nonlinear AC power flow equations can be successfully modeled using Neural…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Alyssa Kody , Samuel Chevalier , Spyros Chatzivasileiadis , Daniel Molzahn

Proper traffic simulation of electric vehicles, which draw energy from overhead wires, requires adequate modeling of traction infrastructure. Such vehicles include trains, trams or trolleybuses. Since the requested power demands depend on a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Jakub Ševčík , Lukáš Adam , Jan Přikryl , Václav Šmídl

Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is a fundamental problem in power systems. It is computationally challenging and a recent line of research has proposed the use of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) to find OPF approximations at vastly reduced runtimes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-23 My H. Dinh , Ferdinando Fioretto , Mostafa Mohammadian , Kyri Baker

The study of Newton's method in complex-valued neural networks faces many difficulties. In this paper, we derive Newton's method backpropagation algorithms for complex-valued holomorphic multilayer perceptrons, and investigate the…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2014-06-23 Diana Thomson La Corte , Yi Ming Zou

With an increasing high penetration of solar photovoltaic generation in electric power grids, voltage phasors and branch power flows experience more severe fluctuations. In this context, probabilistic power flow (PPF) study aims at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-03 Kejun Chen , Yu Zhang

In design of optical systems based on LED (Light emitting diode) technology, a crucial task is to handle the unstructured data describing properties of optical elements in standard formats. This leads to the problem of data fitting within…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-04-27 David Kaljun , Joze Petrišič , Janez Žerovnik

In this paper, we consider a modified projected Gauss-Newton method for solving constrained nonlinear least-squares problems. We assume that the functional constraints are smooth and the the other constraints are represented by a simple…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Yassine Nabou , Lucian Toma , Ion Necoara

We consider the worst-case load-shedding problem in electric power networks where a number of transmission lines are to be taken out of service. The objective is to identify a pre-specified number of line outage that leads to the maximum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-22 Fu Lin

Large Language Models have demonstrated remarkable few-shot performance, but the performance can be sensitive to the selection of few-shot instances. We propose PATRON, a new method that uses prompt-based uncertainty estimation for data…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Yue Yu , Rongzhi Zhang , Ran Xu , Jieyu Zhang , Jiaming Shen , Chao Zhang

Systematic overview of Newton-Schulz and Durand iterations with convergence analysis and factorizations is presented in the chronological sequence in unified framework. Practical recommendations for the choice of the order and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-09 Alexander Stotsky

The goal of the load flow study is to ensure that electrical power is delivered efficiently and reliably to end-users while maintaining the stability and security of the power system. Newton-Raphson is a numerical method used widely for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 David Neufeld , Sajad Fathi Hafshejani , Daya Gaur , Robert Benkoczi

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

The textbook Newton's iteration is practically inapplicable on solutions of nonlinear systems with singular Jacobians. By a simple modification, a novel extension of Newton's iteration regains its local quadratic convergence toward…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-22 Zhonggang Zeng

Newton's method may exhibit slower convergence than vanilla Gradient Descent in its initial phase on strongly convex problems. Classical Newton-type multilevel methods mitigate this but, like Gradient Descent, achieve only linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Nick Tsipinakis , Panos Parpas , Matthias Voigt

Newton's method may exhibit slower convergence than vanilla Gradient Descent in its initial phase on strongly convex problems. Classical Newton-type multilevel methods mitigate this but, like Gradient Descent, achieve only linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-05 Nick Tsipinakis , Panagiotis Tigkas , Panos Parpas