Preface. - 1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Perspective. - 1. 2 Historical Trends and Events. - 1. 3 Key Developments and Innovations. - 1. 4 References for Chapter 1. - 2 Issues of Control and Operation. - 2. 1 Perspective. - 2. 2 Functional Map. - 2. 3 Engineering and Mathematical Tools. - 2. 4 Text Organization. - 2. 5 Notation. - 3 Load Flow Analysis. - 3. 1 Perspective. - 3. 2 Power System Components. - 3. 3 Formulation of the Problem. - 3. 4 Solutions of the Load Flow Problem. - 3. 5 The Decoupled Load Flow. - 3. 6 Sparsity Techniques. - 3. 7 Special Load Flow Cases. - 3. 8 Chapter Review. - 3. 9 References for Chapter 3. - 3. 10 Problems. - 4 Steady-State Security Assessment. - 4. 1 Perspective. - 4. 2 Steady-State Contingency Analysis. - 4. 3 Network-Based Contingency Analysis. - 4. 4 Contingency Selection. - 4. 5 Equivalents of External Systems. - 4. 6 Chapter Summary. - 4. 7 References for Chapter 4. - 4. 8 Problems. - 5 Power Flow Optimization. - 5. 1 Perspective. - 5. 2 Problem Formulation. - 5. 3 Nonlinear Optimization. - 5. 4 Economic Dispatching. - 5. 5 Optimal Power Flow. - 5. 6 Applications. - 5. 7 Conclusion. - 5. 8 References for Chapter 5. - 5. 9 Problems. - 6 Automatic Generation Control. - 6. 1 Perspective. - 6. 2 The Issues. - 6. 3 The Control Problem. - 6. 4 Classical AGC. - 6. 5 Non-Classical AGC. - 6. 6 Summary. - 6. 7 References for Chapter 6. - 6. 8 Problems. - 7 Operational Planning and Scheduling. - 7. 1 Perspective. - 7. 2 The Unit Commitment Problem. - 7. 3 The Hydro-Thermal Coordination Problem. - 7. 4 Dynamic Optimization. - 7. 5 Solutions of the Unit Commitment Problem. - 7. 6 Solutions of the HTC Problem. - 7. 7 Conclusion. - 7. 8 References for Chapter 7. - 7. 9 Problems. - 8 On-Line State Estimation. - 8. 1 Perspective. - 8. 2 Weighted Least Squares Estimation. - 8. 3 Model Parameter Identification. - 8. 4 Detection and Identification of Bad Data. - 8. 5 Measurement System Selection. - 8. 6 Conclusion. - 8. 7 References for Chapter 8. - 8. 8 Problems. - 9 Short-Term Load Forecasting. - 9. 1 Perspective. - 9. 2 Load Models. - 9. 3 Model Identification. - 9. 4 Load Prediction. - 9. 5 Conclusion. - 9. 6 References for Chapter 9. - 9. 7 Problems. Language: English