Topological vulnerability of power grids to disasters: Bounds, adversarial attacks and reinforcement.

Natural disasters like hurricanes, floods or earthquakes can damage power grid devices and create cascading blackouts and islands. The nature of failure propagation and extent of damage, among other factors, is dependent on the structural features of the grid, that are distinct from that of random n...

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Main Authors: Deepjyoti Deka, Sriram Vishwanath, Ross Baldick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6185739?pdf=render