A Computational Framework for Quantifying and Analyzing System Flexibility

TL;DR

This paper introduces a computational framework that quantifies and analyzes system flexibility, enabling detailed assessment of complex systems like distribution networks through novel features and procedures.

Contribution

It presents new methods for uncertainty characterization, computing nominal points, and ranking constraints to evaluate system flexibility.

Findings

Effective analysis of distribution network flexibility

New procedures for uncertainty and constraint ranking

Enhanced understanding of system critical parameters

Abstract

We present a computational framework for analyzing and quantifying system flexibility. Our framework incorporates new features that include: general uncertainty characterizations that are constructed using composition of sets, procedures for computing well-centered nominal points, and a procedure for identifying and ranking flexibility-limiting constraints and critical parameter values. These capabilities allow us to analyze the flexibility of complex systems such as distribution networks.