At 18:15 8/11/96, Dave Farber wrote:
The avalanche behavior of power systems is still not well understood and techniques to prevent such failures are not obvious. Same can be said of telephone and computer networks at different levels.
Does somebody here have a pointer to literature on this topic? A system in which small localized disturbances can amplify, propagate through the system, leading to catastrophic failure is the worst of all possible designs. I fail to understand why a system as important as the power grid would display this type of behavior. Why is the grid negatively dampened? TIA, -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.