Decision support for managing failure situations in electrical networks

Large-scale electric power supply systems are controlled by the operating staff of load dispatching control centers. While computers are installed to monitoring and controlling in case of a failure situation the complicated decision process during elaborating remedial measures is not supported. Based on a given actual network state the presented Decision Support System is able to identify failure situation as such and to generate action proposals ensuring the supply of faulty power consumers in an optimal way. The determination of decision alternatives results from a multi-criteria optimization whereby a rule-based component is included.