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System Science

2020 - 2021

“Characteristics and Risk of Microgrid Outages

from a Complex Systems Point of View.”

 Anna Bowker, D. E. Newman, B. A. Carreras, Daisy Huang, Ian Dobson, and Clay Koplin

 Proceedings of the 2021 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Science. (2021)

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“Optimizing the Impact of Incorporating Wind Energy in the Electric Grid” 

Benjamin A. Carreras, José M. Reynolds-Barredo, and David E. Newman, 

Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability 15(5), 27 (2020)

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“Effects of demand control on the complex dynamics of

electric power system blackouts”

 Benjamin A. Carreras, Eder Batista Tchawou Tchuisseu, José M. Reynolds-Barredo, Damià Gomila, and Pere Colet,  Chaos 30, 113121 (2020)  

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"The Impact of Incorporating Wind Energy in the Electric Grid”

Benjamin A. Carreras, José M. Reynolds-Barredo, and David E. Newman

Proceedings of the 2020 53th Hawaii International Conference on System Science. (2020)

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2019 - 2018

“Exploring cascading outages and weather via processing historic data”

Ian Dobson, NichelleLe K Carrington, Kai Zhou, Zhaoyu Wang, Benjamin A Carreras,

Jose M Reynolds-Barredo. Proceedings of the 2018

51th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, 2018

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“Validating the OPA cascading blackout model on a 19402 bus transmission network with both mesh and tree structures” 

Benjamin A. Carreras, Jose ́ M. Reynolds-Barredo. Ian Dobson and David E. Newman,

Proceedings of the  2019 52th Hawaii International Conference on System Science

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2016

“The Impact of Local Power Balance and Link Reliability on Blackout Risk in Heterogeneous Power Transmission Grid”

B. A. Carreras, D. E. Newman, I. Dobson, and J. M. Reynolds Barredo  - The proceedings of the 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, 2016

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“North American blackout time series statistics and

implications for blackout risk”

Benjamin A. Carreras, David E. Newman, and Ian Dobson - IEEE Transactions on

Power Systems, accepted for publication, 31, 4406(2016)

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“Statistics of Cascading Line Outages Spreading in an Electric Transmission Network from Standard Utility Data”

Ian Dobson, Benjamin,A. Carreras, David E. Newman and J. M. Reynolds Barredo

- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, accepted for publication 2016

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“Constructing criteria to diagnose the likelihood of extreme events

in the case of the electric power grid”

B. Ph. van Milligen, B. A. Carreras, and D. E. Newman - Chaos 26, 033109 (2016)

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“The interplay of network structure and dispatch solutions in

power grid cascading failures”

Jose Miguel Reynolds-Barredo, D.E. Newman, Benjamin A. Carreras, and

Ian Dobson -  Chaos 26, 113111 (2016)

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2015 - 2014

“Does size matter?”

B. A. Carreras, D. E. Newman, Ian Dobson - Chaos 24, 023104 (2014)

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“Thresholds and Complex Dynamics of Interdependent

Cascading Infrastructure Systems”

BA Carreras, DE Newman, I Dobson, VE Lynch and Paul Gradney  - Networks of Networks: The last Frontier of Complexity edited by G. D’Agostino and A. ScalaChapter 5, 2014

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“The Impact of Size and Inhomogeneity on Power Transmission

Network Complex System Dynamics”

B. A. Carreras, D. E. Newman, I. Dobson - The proceedings of the 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Science, 2014

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“Lambda-gaga: Toward a New Metric for the Complex System

State of the Electrical Grid”

B. A. Carreras, D. E. Newman, and I. Dobson - The proceedings 48th Hawaii

International Conference on System Science, January 2015

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