Critical behavior of power transmission network complex dynamics in the OPA model Articles uri icon

published in

publication date

  • March 2019

issue

  • 3

volume

  • 29

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1054-1500

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1089-7682

abstract

  • Many complex infrastructure systems, such as electric power transmission grids, display characteristics of a critical or near critical behavior with a risk of large cascading failures. Understanding this risk and its relation to the system state as it evolves could allow for a more realistic risk assessment and even for mitigation measures. We use the OPA model of cascading blackouts and grid evolution to describe and quantify regimes of criticality of the power grid.

keywords

  • self-organized criticality; time-series