Advanced Control of Active Distribution Networks Integrating

To Zagros, my lovely husband, For his unending love and sacrifices. To Mohsen, my dear brother, Who always besides me. To you, as a reader…. This work would not have been completed without the help and support of many kind people around me, to only some of whom it is possible to give particular mention here. First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis directors, Dr. Rachid Cherkaoui and Prof. Mario Paolone for giving me the opportunity to pursue my PhD thesis under their supervision. Rachid, Mario, your deep knowledge, kindness, invaluable guidance, and unwavering support made my PhD period a wonderful experience. You were giving me the liberty to take decisions during my research project while guiding me into right directions. You were way more than simple supervisors, and I am extremely blessed to work with you during the past few years. Herle for their encouraging and insightful comments. My sincere thanks goes to, Prof. Farhad Rachidi-Haeri for his generosity and friendship. Farhad, it was a great honor for me to be with you in the same building, ELL offices of EPFL. You are the main source of the friendly atmosphere in our building. Your generosity, friendship, humanity and responsible feeling for everyone, bring this point in my mind that the world would be definitely a better place to live if we had more people such as you. I would also like to thank Dr. Dimitri Torregrossa. Dimitri, it was very pleasant to work with you during last four years. Thanks for all your help and support. I would like also to gratefully acknowledge the EOS Holding for funding this dissertation. The activities of this work has been carried out within the framework A Acknowledgements of the research project entitled " Advanced control of distribution networks with the integration of dispersed energy storage systems ". I am deeply grateful to Mrs. Andrée Moinat and Mrs. Sophie Flynn secretaries of the Laboratory, for all their constant availability, sympathy, and kindness. Andrée, Sophie, merci beaucoup. My time at EPFL was made enjoyable by an amicable environment in the laboratory. Tremendous thanks to all the members of ELL building for the friendly atmosphere and the priceless moments (listed without order): Dr. During my stay in Lausanne, I was fortunate to meet wonderful people with whom I have shared incredible moments. In particular, many thanks goes to …