1639 Venkateswara and Kumar Firefly Algorithm based Optimal Power Flow with Static VAR Compensator for Improvement of Power System Security under Network Contingency  Abstract— At present owing to the increase in power demand power system have become more complex and heavily loaded, and are subjected to unstable or insecure operations. In order to provide a secure operation of the power system...

This essay proposes a new theoretical framework for analyzing the rise of China and its impact on Asian security order. While the rise of China is reshaping Asia’s military balance, the region has also witnessed equally important and longer-term changes, especially economic interdependence, multilateral institutions and domestic politics. The implications of these changes are not fully accounte...

Smart grid security is crucial to maintain stable and reliable power system operation during the contingency situation due to the failure of any critical power system component. Ensuring a ‘secured smart grid’ involves with a less possibility of power grid collapse or equipment malfunction. Due to lack of the proper ‘security measures’, a major blackout may occur which can even lead to a cascad...

This is the second in a series of three papers that examine the role of international military medical services in stability operations in unstable countries. The paper discusses security sector reform in general terms and highlights the interdependency of the armed forces, police, judiciary and penal systems in creating a 'secure environment'. The paper then looks at components of a local mili...

The energy challenges facing our Nation offer tremendous opportunities for agriculture and technology. For example, by combining fuels such as ethanol with fuel cells, farmers can be energy producers as well as consumers. The events of September 11, 2001, served as a reminder of our evergrowing dependence on oil that flows from an unstable region of the world. Meanwhile, the US is under increas...

Most critical infrastructure systems can be modeled as cyber-physical systems whose cyber components control the underlying physical components so as to optimize specified system objectives based on physical properties, physical constraints, and the current and estimated state of the system. Such systems usually require supports for security and performance guarantees: wrongly received or misse...

Despite critiques of denials broadly underlying Critical International Relations deconstructions state, security and subjectivity, there is little explicit exploration the ontological status denial, how operate in politics (in)security. Animated by question, why web actors interests traversing public private spheres involved provision endure despite long-running critique, this article problemat...