The University of British Columbia

In recent years, there has been an increasing number of major power system blackouts worldwide. As a consequence, interest in the investigation and development of new methods, tools, and models for power system restoration has grown considerably. This paper provides a bibliographical survey of the current state in research, development, and applications in power system restoration. The survey is subdivided into nine different sections, each section representing those subjects which are considered to be most relevant to that area. For each section a summary and an overview of relevant publications are given. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.