Name
Abstract | ||
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Modern society is critically dependent on the services provided by engineered infrastructure networks. When natural disasters (e. g. Hurricane Sandy) occur, the ability of these networks to provide service is often degraded because of physical damage to network components. One of the most critical of these networks is the electrical distribution grid, with medium voltage circuits often suffering the most severe damage. However, well-placed upgrades to these distribution grids can greatly improve post-event network performance. We formulate an optimal electrical distribution grid design problem as a two-stage, stochastic mixed-integer program with damage scenarios from natural disasters modeled as a set of stochastic events. We develop and investigate the tractability of an exact and several heuristic algorithms based on decompositions that are hybrids of techniques developed by the AI and operations research communities. We provide computational evidence that these algorithms have significant benefits when compared with commercial, mixed-integer programming software. |
Year | Venue | Field |
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2015 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-NINTH AAAI CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Mathematical optimization,Heuristic,Computer science,Operations research,Upgrade,Natural disaster,Software,Electronic circuit,Distribution grid,Distributed computing,Network performance |
DocType | Citations | PageRank |
Conference | 2 | 0.42 |
References | Authors | |
11 | 3 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emre Yamangil | 1 | 29 | 3.62 |
| Russell Bent | 2 | 79 | 15.68 |
| Scott Backhaus | 3 | 112 | 20.95 |