• Corpus ID: 41769583

Taxonomy of the Characteristics of Power System Operating States

@inproceedings{Bradley2011TaxonomyOT,
  title={Taxonomy of the Characteristics of Power System Operating States},
  author={Lamine Mili Bradley},
  year={2011}
}

• Lamine Mili Bradley
• Published 2011
• Engineering

Advances in power electronics, computer and communications have opened new avenues for the monitoring, control and protection of critical infrastructures. For instance, the advent of low-cost computer-based sensors and actuators together with wireless communications devices are making possible the development of a new form of control based on multiagent technologies. If the latter are endowed with the ability to take collective actions geared toward a common goal, then control actions exhibiting emergent properties may result. They are emergent in the sense that they stem from the collective interaction of the agents, not from their individual actions. Another level of complexity is attained if the common goal is defined by the agents themselves as a response to an environment evolving in an unexpected way. Obviously, these technological advances call for the development of new concepts and theories in systems engineering as well as in the applied field of critical infrastructures.