Power system vulnerability and performance: application from complexity scienze and complex network

Power system has been acknowledged as a complex system owing to its complexity resulting from interactions of different layers which include physical layer like generators, transformers, substations and cyber layer like communication units and human decision layer. Complex network theory has been widely used to analyze the power grids from basic topological properties to statistic robustness analysis and dynamic resilience property. However, there are still many problems need to be addressed. This thesis will pay more attention on the application and extension of complexity science and complex network theory in power system analysis from different aspects.