Operation Optimization and Security Analysis of Energy Cyber Physical Systems—2nd Edition
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F1: Electrical Power System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2026 | Viewed by 85
Special Issue Editors
Interests: energy cyber physical systems; operation optimization and security analysis of integrated energy systems
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Interests: energy cyber physical systems; power market and energy system security
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Interests: dispatch, operation, control of power systems; energy cyber physical systems and information processing technology of Integrated energy systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to their rapid integration with advanced sensing, monitoring, communication and control technologies, energy systems have now emerged as typical cyber-physical systems (CPSs). Intricate spatial–temporal interactions between multiple energy resources and domains have brought an unprecedented flexibility to energy systems, while also making them more vulnerable to cyber-related threats. Currently, traditional analysis, optimization or control methods mainly focus on physical energy systems and neglect the complex interdependencies between cyber and physical domains. Therefore, novel operational optimization and security analysis approaches regarding energy cyber-physical systems (ECPSs) are highly desired in order to conduct the thorough investigation of complex interactions found between cyber and physical domains, the reduction in newly introduced risks, and improvement in the efficiency of ECPSs. This Special Issue is devoted to reflecting on the latest progress and key technologies concerning ECPSs, focusing on their modeling, analysis, optimization, control, and demonstration.
Topics of interest for publication in this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Digital twin-driven modeling and real-time simulation for ECPSs;
- Federated learning for privacy-preserving data analytics in ECPSs;
- Integration and cybersecurity of distributed energy resources and inverter-based resources;
- Socio-technical-economic impact assessment of cyber-attacks on energy infrastructure;
- Dynamic state estimation and anomaly detection for ECPSs;
- Propagation mechanism and mitigation of cyber-physical cross-domain cascading failures in ECPSs;
- Intelligent attack detection and dynamic risk assessment for ECPSs;
- Active defense and moving target defense mechanisms for ECPSs;
- Resilience assessment and enhancement strategies for ECPSs;
- Robustness and survivability of ECPSs against extreme events;
- Cyber-physical coordinated restoration and self-healing for ECPSs;
- Distributed and decentralized control strategies for ECPSs;
- Integration and security of 5G/6G communication technologies in ECPSs;
- Edge intelligence and computing for decentralized ECPS management;
- Explainable artificial intelligence and quantum computing for ECPSs;
- Secure cross-domain cooperative market mechanism for ECPSs;
- Cooperative control of human-in-the-loop ECPSs;
- Human factor security and human error mitigation in ECPSs.
Dr. Tianlei Zang
Dr. Xiaoguang Wei
Prof. Dr. Buxiang Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrical power systems
- integrated energy systems
- cyber-physical systems
- operation optimization
- coordination control
- security analysis
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