Multi-agent approach to bulk power system restoration

In this paper, we propose a new decentralized multi-agent approach for a bulk power system restoration. The proposed multi-agent system is constructed with a two-level hierarchical architecture. Several local area management agents (LMA), which are corresponding to the local area management system are located at the upper level. Correspondingly, remote area management agents (RMA) are located at the upper level. In contrast, several load agents (LAG) and generator agents (GAG) are located at the lower level. In order to demonstrate the capability of the proposed multi-agent system, it has been applied to a model bulk power system. The simulation results show that the proposed multi-agent approach is effective and promising.