Smart grids, which constitute intelligent infrastructure in smart cities, provide reliable, energy-
efficient, and high-quality power to improve the standard of living while maintaining a …

The fundamental goal of the distribution system operator (DSO) is to serve its customers with
reliable and low‐cost electricity. Failures in power distribution systems are responsible for …

Automating the process of restoring service to customers after a large‐scale outage event
have significant impacts on the agility and speed of recovery in distribution systems. This …

Loss minimization in distribution networks (DN) is of great significance since the trend to the
distributed generation (DG) requires the most efficient operating scenario possible for …

Smart grid has been developing nowadays as an initiative to operate modern electric
distribution systems (EDSs) in a more reliable and efficient manner. With the decreasing …

This paper proposes a model to assess and quantify the impacts of automated fault location,
isolation and service restoration (FLISR) on resilience of power distribution systems against …

The advertising differential game is introduced to depict the competition among electricity
retailers in continuous time. A Stackelberg game model with one leader and multiple …

In this paper, an optimal approach based on on-off controller is used to optimally control a
DC-DC step-down converter. It is shown that the conventional controller techniques of DC …

In a demand‐side management (DSM) program, a set of activities are designed to influence
electricity consumption in a way that may produce desired changes in the utility's load …

Accomplishing highly reliable distribution grids is more and more important to today's
modern society. Along the same line, self‐healing is one of the most distinguishing features …