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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1428
SUMMARY:Statistical physics of power grids
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Prof. Antonio Scala\, Institute of Complex Systems\, 
	CNR\, Italy IMT Alti Studi Lucca\, Italy....... LIMS the London Institute f
	or Mathematical Sciences\, UK\nHosted by: H. Eugene Stanley\n\nPart of the 
	Biophysics/Condensed Matter Seminar Series.\n\nABSTRACT\n\nPower grids are 
	increasing in size and interconnections; the analysis of\npast decades powe
	r failures yields signatures of emergent phenomena\, like\nerratic behavior
	\, power law distributions and abrupt transitions (black\nouts). While a de
	tailed analysis of the system helps understanding what\nhappens from a "pos
	t mortem" perspective\, there is still a lack of\napproaches for probabilis
	tic assessment of the risk. In this talk I will\nexplore some possible appl
	ications of statistical physics to a\nstochastic modelling of power grids.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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