The smart grid is arguably one of the most complex cyber‐physical systems (CPS). Complex
security challenges have been revealed in both the physical and the cyber parts of the smart …

Abstract Between 60% and 80% of global energy is consumed in urban areas and given the
projected increase in world׳ s urban population, this share is expected to further increase in …

In recent years, the research community has witnessed an explosion of literature dealing
with the mimicking of behavioral patterns and social phenomena observed in nature towards …

Smart grids, which constitute intelligent infrastructure in smart cities, provide reliable, energy-
efficient, and high-quality power to improve the standard of living while maintaining a …

The failure of a power system as a critical infrastructure causes considerable damage to
society. Hence, the vulnerabilities of such facilities should be minimized to cope with several …

Cascading failure analysis in power systems draws a wide attention from researchers due to
frequent occurrence of blackouts all over the world during past decades. A variety of …

The study of network robustness is a critical tool in the characterization and sense making of
complex interconnected systems such as infrastructure, communication and social networks …

Persistence is an important characteristic of many complex systems in nature, related to how
long the system remains at a certain state before changing to a different one. The study of …

Power systems as critical infrastructure are an integral part of human society and are
therefore of paramount importance to modern life. Vulnerabilities in the system, that are …

Estimating, understanding, and improving the robustness of networks has many application
areas such as bioinformatics, transportation, or computational linguistics. Accordingly, with …