Analysis of Electric Grid Security Under Terrorist Threat

Abstract

We describe new analytical techniques to help mitigate the disruptions to electric power grids caused by terrorist attacks. New bilevel mathematical models and algorithms identify critical system components (e.g., transmission lines, generators, transformers) by creating maximally disruptive attack plans for terrorists assumed to have limited offensive resources. We report results for standard reliability test networks to show that the techniques identify critical components with modest computational effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA487383

Entities

People

  • Javier Salmeron
  • R. Kevin Wood
  • Ross Baldick

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electric Power
  • Electrical Grids
  • Generators
  • Load Monitoring
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Networks
  • Operations Research
  • Power
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Terrorists
  • Transformers
  • Transmission Lines

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Economics
  • Operations Research