Resilience assessment for power systems under sequential attacks using double DQN with improved prioritized experience replay

Zeng, Lingkang, Yao, Wei, Shuai, Hang, Zhou, Yue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6698-4714, Ai, Xiaomeng and Wen, Jinyu 2023. Resilience assessment for power systems under sequential attacks using double DQN with improved prioritized experience replay. IEEE Systems Journal 72 , 9002011. 10.1109/JSYST.2022.3171240

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Abstract

The information and communication technology enhances the performance and efficiency of cyber-physical power systems (CPPSs). However, it makes the topology of CPPSs more exposed to malicious cyber attacks in the meantime. This article proposes a double deep-Q-network (DDQN)-based resilience assessment method for power systems under sequential attacks. The DDQN agent is devoted to identifying the least sequential attacks to the ultimate collapse of the power system under different operating conditions. A cascading failure simulator considering the characteristics of generators is developed to avoid a relatively optimistic assessment result. In addition, a novel resilience index is proposed to reflect the capability of the power system to deliver power under sequential attacks. Then, an improved prioritized experience replay technique is developed to accelerate the convergence rate of the training process for DDQN agent. Simulation results on the IEEE 39-bus, 118-bus, and 300-bus power systems demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed DDQN-based resilience assessment method.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Publisher:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISSN:	1932-8184
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	21 June 2022
Date of Acceptance:	26 April 2022
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2024 08:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/150252

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