COMPLEX SYSTEMS OLDER CONFERENCE PAPERS (LARGELY SUPERCEDED)

self-organized criticality in blackouts

Initial evidence for self organized criticality in electric power system blackouts
B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman, I. Dobson, A.B. Poole
Thirty-Third Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, January 2000

Evidence for self organized criticality in electric power system blackouts
B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman, I. Dobson, A.B. Poole
Thirty-fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, January 2001

An initial model for complex dynamics in electric power system blackouts
I. Dobson, B.A. Carreras, V. Lynch, D.E. Newman
Thirty-fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, January 2001

Modeling blackout dynamics in power transmission networks with simple structure
B.A. Carreras, V.E. Lynch, M.L. Sachtjen, I. Dobson, D.E. Newman
Thirty-fourth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii, January 2001

Dynamics, criticality and self-organization in a model for blackouts in power transmission systems
B.A. Carreras, V.E. Lynch, I. Dobson, D.E. Newman
Thirty-fifth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2002

An initial complex systems analysis of the risks of blackouts in power transmission systems
I. Dobson, D.E. Newman, B.A. Carreras, V. Lynch,
Power Systems and Communications Infrastructures for the future, Beijing, September 2002

Complex systems analysis of series of blackouts: cascading failure, criticality, and self-organization
I. Dobson, B.A. Carreras, V. Lynch, D.E. Newman
Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - VI, Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy, pp. 438-451, August 2004

 cascading failure and risk

Examining criticality of blackouts in power system models with cascading events
I. Dobson, J. Chen, J.S. Thorp, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman
Thirty-fifth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2002

A probabilistic loading-dependent model of cascading failure and
possible implications for blackouts

I. Dobson, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman
Thirty-sixth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2003

Cascading failure 
I. Dobson, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman
Powerpoint slides for talk at the University of Liege, Belgium March 2003

A branching process approximation to cascading load-dependent system failure
I. Dobson, B.A. Carreras, D.E. Newman
Thirty-seventh Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, January 2004



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