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Dr. Lamine Mili
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Professor
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech - Advanced Research Institute
4300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 750
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-387-6061
Fax: 703-528-5543

Email: lmili@vt.edu

 


ROBUST METHODS FOR POWER SYSTEM STATE ESTIMATION AND LOAD FORECASTING:
STATE OF THE ART AND PROSPECTS

MAY 29-30th 2006

RTE – Immeuble le Colbert – 9 rue de la Porte de Buc – 78005 VERSAILLES CEDEX – France
fax. +33 (0) 1 39 24 41 75 - @ RTE-FCENT-WORKSHOP-ROBUST-METHODS@rte-france.com



Research Interests:

Robust estimation, signal processing, image processing, speech processing, nonlinear dynamics, bifurcation theory, power systems analysis and control.

 

Current or Recent Research Sponsors:

National Science Foundation (NSF)-Young Investigator Award, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Department of Energy.

 

Teaching Interests/Courses:

Signal processing, estimation theory, probability and statistics, power systems analysis and control.

 

Publications/Reports:

A. Des Rosiers, G. Schoenig, L. Mili, "Robust Space-Time Adaptive Processing Using Projection Statistics," Proceedings of the International Conference Radar 2004, Toulouse, France, 19-21October, 2004. pdf

S. Lefebvre, J. Prevost, H. Horisberger, B. Lambert, and L. Mili, "Coping with Multiple Q-V Solutions of the WLS State Estimator Induced by Shunt Parameter Errors, "Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 12-16, 2004. pdf

J.B.A. London Jr., L. Mili, and N.G. Betras, "An Observability Method for a Combined Parameter and State Estimation of a Power System," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 12-16, 2004. pdf

A. Mishra, L. Mili, A.G. Phadke, "Algorithm Based Fault Tolerant State Estimation of Power Systems," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 12-16, 2004. pdf

L. Mili, F. Krimgold, J. Alwang, J.E. Bigger, "Integrating Engineering, Economic, and Social Modeling in Risks of Cascading Failures Across Interdependent Complex Networks," Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 12-16, 2004. pdf

L. Mili, Y. Liu, A. Mishra, A.G. Phadke, K. Dooley, K.E. Holbert, "Fault-Tolerant Risk-Based Security Algorithms for Unified Power and Communication Infrastructures," Proceedings of the NSF-ONR EPNES II workshop, Orlando, Florida, October 23-24, 2003.

L. Thomas, L. Mili, C. A. Shaffer, E. Thomas, "Defect Detection on Harwood Logs using High Resolution Three-dimensional Laser Scan Data," Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Image Processing, October 24-27, 2004. pdf

L. Mili, Q. Qiu, and A. G. Phadke, "Risk assessment of catastrophic failures in electric power systems," International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 38-63, 2004. pdf

A. V. Gheorghe and L. Mili, "Editorial: In risk management, integrating the social, economic and technical aslects of cascading failures across interdependent critical infrastructures," International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 2004. pdf

M. Adibi, R. A. Polyak, I. Griva, and L. Mili, "Optimal Transformer Tap Selection using Modified Barrier-Augmented Lagrangian Method," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 251-257, Feb. 2003. pdf

E. Thomas, L. Thomas, L. Mili, R. Ehrich, A. L. Abbott, C. Shaffer, "Primary Detection of Hardwood Log Defects Using Laser Surface Scanning," Proceedings of SPIE, Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 20-24, 2003.

L. Mili. Mitigating the Vulnerabilities of Critical Infrastructures in Developing Countries. World Bank Report. December 2002.

M. L. Picciolo, K. Gerlach, L. Mili, "Performance of a Robust Median Cascaded Canceller using Measured MCARM Airborne STAP Radar Data," Proceedings of the Military Sensing Symposium, Monterey, CA, June 24-28, 2002.

H. Ni, G. T. Heydt, and L. Mili, "Power System Stability Agents using Robust Wide Area Control," IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 1123-1131, Nov. 2002. pdf

M. Adibi, I. Griva, R. Polyak, S. Ammari, and L. Mili, "Remote Blackstart of Steam Electric Station Using Modified Barrier-Augmented Lagrangian Method," Proceedings of the 14th Power Systems Computation Conference, Sevilla, Spain, June 24-28, 2002. pdf

A. M. Harb, A. H. Nayfeh, and L. Mili, "Bifurcation Control for Mitigating Subsynchronous Oscillations in Power Systems," Proceedings of the 14th Power Systems Computation Conference, Sevilla, Spain, June 24-28, 2002. pdf

J.T. Scruggs and L. Mili, "Dynamic Gradient Method for PBES Detection in Power System Transient Stability Assessment," Electric Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 23, pp. 155-165, 2001. pdf

M. Harb, A. H. Nayfeh, C.-M. Chin, and L. Mili, "On the Effect of the Machine Saturation on SSR in Power Systems," Electric Machines and Power Systems, Vol. 28, No. 11, pp. 1019-1035, Nov. 2000.

A.-R. Khatib, L. Mili, A. Phadke, J. De La Ree, Y. Liu, "Internet Based Wide Area Information Sharing and its Role in Power System State Estimation," Proceedings of the IEEE-PES Winter Power Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 28-Feb. 1, 2001.

R. C. Pires, A. S. Costa, L. Mili, "Iteratively Reweighted Least-Squares State Estimation Through Givens Rotations," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 1499-1505, November 1999. pdf

L. Mili, G. Steeno, F. Dobraca, and D. French, "A Robust Estimation Method for Topology Error Identification," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 1469-1476, November 1999. pdf

M. Chapman, L. Mili, R. Cherkaoui, C. Tingueli, "The Starting Point for Power System Analysis: Robust State Estimation," Proceedings of the RAMS Conference, June 7, 2001, Paris.

H. S. Taha, A. L. Abbott, and L. Mili, "Detection of Occluded Objects from a Single Range Image using Robust Nonparametric Density Estimation," Proceedings of a Satellite Conference on Statistical Methods for Image Processing of the 52nd ISI Session in Helsinki, Aug. 6-9, 1999, Uppsala, Sweden

M. Chapman, L. Mili, R. Cherkaoui, and C. Tinguely, "Applications of a Robust State Estimator to the EEF Power System," Proceedings of the LESCOPE' 98, Halifax, Canada, June 7-9, 1998. pdf

A. F. Snyder, M. A. E. AlAli, N. HadjSaid, D. Georges, T. Margotin, and L. Mili, "A Robust Damping Controller for Power Systems Using Linear Matrix Inequalities," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Winter Power Meeting, Jan. 31- Feb. 4, 1999.

A. F. Snyder, N. Hadjsaid, D. George, L. Mili, A. G. Phadke, O. Faucon, S. Vitet, "Inter-Area Oscillation Damping with Power System Stabilizers and Synchronized Phasor Measurements," Proceedings of the PowerCon' 98, China, August 1998. pdf

S. P. Neugebauer and L. Mili, " Local Robustness of Nonlinear regression M-Estimators," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing, Mackinac Island, Michigan, Sept. 8-10, 1997, 5 pages. pdf

T. E. Biedka, L. Mili, and J. H. Reed, " Robust Estimation of Cyclic Correlation in Contaminated Gaussian Noise," Asilamor Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 1995. pdf

M.Bikdash, A. Nayfeh, and L. Mili, " Efficient Computation of the Stability Boundary for a Machine Connected to a Quasi-Infinite Busbar," Proceedings of the 35th American Power Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994.

L. Mili, " Robust Methods for State Estimation and Remote Measurement Calibration," Proceedings of the NSF Symposium on Power Systems Infrastructure, Pullman, Washington, Oct. 27-29, 1994.

A.Llamas, J. De La Ree Lopez, L.Mili, A.G. Phadke, and J.S. Thorp, " Flaws in Energy Function Methods for Transient Stability Analysis," Proceedings of the 3rd Virginia Tech Conference on Computers in Electric Power Engineering, Washington, D.C., October 1993, pp.1-2.1 to 1-2.15.

D. Barber, L. Mili, A.G.Phadke, and T.W.Cease, " Synchronous Generator Modeling and Power System Monitoring Through Phasor Measurement," Proceedings of the 3rd Virginia Tech Conference on Computers in Electric Power Engineering, Washington, D.C., October 1993, pp. III-9.1 to III-9.19.

L.Mili, N.S. Vichare, M.G. Cheniae, and P.J. Rousseeuw, " Robust Mahalanobis Distances in Power System State Estimation," Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Detroit, Michigan, August 16-18, 1993, pp. 1014-1018.

L.Mili, M.G. Cheniae, N.S. Vichare, and P.J. Rousseeuw, "Algorithms for Least Median of Squares State Estimation of Power Systems," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Washington, D.C., August 10-12, 1992, pp.1276-1283.

L.Mili, " Robust State Estimation in Power Systems: a Survey," Proceedings of the EPRI-NSF Workshop on Application of Advanced Mathematics to Power Systems, San Francisco, CA, September 1991.

L. Mili, T.L. Baldwin, and A.G. Phadke, " Phasor Measurements for Voltage and Transient Stability Monitoring and Control," Proceedings of the EPRI-NSF Workshop on Application of Advanced Mathematics to Power Systems, San Francisco, CA, September 1991.

L. Mili, " Robust State Estimation in Power Systems: a Survey," Panel Session on New Developments in Power System State Estimation, IEEE Winter Meeting, New York, NY, 1991.

T.L. Baldwin, L.Mili, and A.G. Phadke, " Ward-Type Equivalents for Transients Stability Analysis," Proceedings the IFAC Symposium on Control of Power Plants and Power Systems, Munich, Germany, March 1992, pp. 251-255.

L. Mili, T.L.Baldwin, and R. Adapa, " Phasor Measurement Placement for Voltage Stability Analysis," Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1990, pp. 3033-3038.

L. Mili, V. Phaniraj, and P.J.Rousseeuw, " High Breakdown Point Estimation in Electric Power Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuit and Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1990, pp. 1843-1846.

Th. Van Cutsem, L. Mili, and P. Vandeloise, " Design and Implementation of an Advanced State Estimation Software," Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Power Systems and Power Plant Control, Beijing, China. August 1986, pp. 354-359.

L. Mili, Th. Van Cutsem, and M. Ribbens-Pavella, " Decision Theory Applied to Bad Data Identification in Power System State Estimation," Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, York, U.K., July 1985, pp. 945-950.

A. H. Nayfeh, A. Harb, C.-M. Chin, A. M. A. Hamdan, and L. Mili, "A Bifurcation Analysis of Subsynchronous Oscillations in Power Systems," Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 4, pp. 21-28, 1998.

A. H. Nayfeh, A. A. M. Harb, C.-M. Chin, A. M. A. Hamdan, and L. Mili, "Application of Bifurcation Theory to Subsynchronous Resonance in Power Systems," International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1998, pp. 157-172.

L. Mili and C.W. Coakley, " Robust Estimation in Structured Linear Regression," The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 24 , No. 6, 1996, pp. 2593-2607. pdf

M.G. Cheniae, L. Mili, and P.J. Rousseeuw, " Identification of Multiple Interacting Bad Data via Power System Decomposition," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 11, No. 3, August 1996, pp. 1555-1563. pdf

L.Mili, M.G. Cheniae, N.S. Vichare, and P. J. Rousseeuw, " Robust State Estimation Based on Projection Statistics," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 11, No. 2, May 1996, pp. 1118-1127. pdf

L.Mili, M.G. Cheniae, N.S. Vichare, and P. J. Rousseeuw, " Robustification of the Least Absolute Value Estimator by Means of Projection Statistics," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.11, No.1, February 1996, pp.216-225.

A. Llamas, J. De La Ree Lopez, L. Mili, A.G. Phadke, and J.S. Thorp, " Clarification of the BCU Method for Transient Stability Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.10, No.1, Feb. 1995, pp. 210-219. pdf

L.Mili, M.G. Cheniae, and P.J. Rousseeuw, " Robust State Estimation of Electric Power Systems," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol. 41, No. 5, May 1994, pp. 349-358.

C.W. Coakley, L.Mili, and M.G. Cheniae, " Effect of Leverage on the Finite Sample Efficiencies of High Breakdown Estimators," Statistics and Probability Letters, Vol. 19, April 1994, pp. 399-408.

T.L. Baldwin, L. Mili, and A.G. Phadke, " Dynamic Ward Equivalents for Transient Stability Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 9, No. 1, February 1994, pp. 59-67. pdf

C.W. Coakley and L. Mili, " Exact Fit Points Under Simple Regression with Replication," Statistics and Probability Letters, Vol. 17, 1993, pp. 265-271.

T.L. Baldwin, L. Mili, M.B. Boisen, and R. Adapa, " Power System Observability With Minimal Phasor Measurement Placement," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 8, May 1993, pp.707-715.

L. Mili, V. Phaniraj, and P.J. Rousseeuw, " Least Median of Squares Estimation in Power Systems," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1991, pp. 511-523. pdf

L. Mili, V. Phaniraj, and P.J. Rousseeuw, " Robust Estimation Theory for Fault Diagnostics in Electrical Power Systems," pp. 271-325, in Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory and Applications. Edited by C.T. Leondes, Academic Press, 1990. pdf

L. Mili and Th. Van Cutsem, " Implementation of the Hypothesis Testing Identification in Power System State Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 3, No.3, August 1988, pp. 887-893. pdf

L. Mili, Th. Van Cutsem, and M. Ribbens-Pavella, " Decision Theory for Fault Diagnosis in Electric Power Systems," Automatica, Vol. 23, No. 3, 1987, pp. 335-353.

L. Mili, Th. Van Cutsem, and M. Ribbens-Pavella, " Bad Data Identification Methods in Power System State Estimation: a Comparative Study," IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, Vol. PAS-104, No.11, November 1985, pp.3037-3049.

L. Mili, Th. Van Cutsem, and M. Ribbens-Pavella, " Hypothesis Testing Identification: a New Method for Bad Data Analysis in Power System State Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, Vol. PAS-104, No. 11, November 1984, pp. 3239-3252.

 

 

Education:

B.S., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (Switzerland), 1976 
M.S., University of Tunis (Tunisia), 1983. 
Ph.D., University of Liège (Belgium), 1987

 

Professional affiliations:

Senior Member of IEEE
Member of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Member of the American Statistical Association

 

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