• DocumentCode
    52016
  • Title

    How Many Occurrences of Rare Blackout Events Are Needed to Estimate Event Probability?

  • Author

    Dobson, I. ; Carreras, B.A. ; Newman, D.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    3509
  • Lastpage
    3510
  • Abstract
    We give simple conditions on the number of occurrences needed for statistically valid conclusions about simulated or observed rare events associated with blackouts. For example, 11 occurrences are needed to estimate the probability of a rare event within a factor of 2 with 95% confidence.
  • Keywords
    power system reliability; statistical analysis; power system reliability; probability estimation; rare blackout event; statistical analysis; Power system reliability; Power system simulation; Probability; Statistics; Power system reliability; simulation; statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8950
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2242700
  • Filename
    6459558