Convex Relaxations in Power System Optimization: Introduction (1 of 8)

Convex relaxations of the AC power flow equations have attracted significant interest in the power systems research community in recent years.  This collection of videos provides a brief introduction to the mathematics of AC power systems, continuous nonlinear optimization, and relaxations of the power flow equations.  The videos assume minimal prerequisite knowledge and should be accessible to a variety of disciplines (e.g. power system engineers, industrial engineers and  computer scientists).

This video provides the introduction to the video series.  It begins with the motivation, goals, and scope of the series and then introduces some mathematical foundations of power systems and optimization.

A citable abstract of this lecture series is available here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07227

References in the video:
https://www.amazon.com/Power-System-A...
https://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Grain...
https://www.amazon.com/System-Stabili...

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