Description

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1. Introduction to Power Systems.- 2. Introduction to Blackouts.- 3. Definition of Reliability and Risk.- 4. Probability Theory.- 5. Fault Tree Analysis.- 6. Event Tree Analysis.- 7. Binary Decision Diagram.- 8. Markov Processes.- 9. Reliability Block Diagram.- 10. Common Cause Failures.- 11. Methods for Power Flow Analysis.- 12. Generating Capacity Methods.- 13. Reliability and Performance Indicators of Power Plants.- 14. Distribution and Transmission System Reliability Measures.- 15. Power System Reliability Method.- 16. Linear Programming, - 17. Dynamic Programming.- 18. Genetic Algorithm.- 19. Simulated Annealing.- 20. Application of Reliability and Optimization Methods.

About the Author

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Marko Čepin is a professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He received his PhD from the same university. Before taking on full-time teaching duties at the University of Ljubljana, he was a researcher at the Jozef Stefan Institute. His research interests are related to the Department for Power Systems and Devices, where his work focuses on the development and application of safety and reliability methods with emphasis on energy and the environment.