A Computational Framework for Quantifying and Analyzing System Flexibility
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Pulsipher, Joshua L.; Rios, Daniel; Zavala, Victor M.
- Source
- Computers & Chemical Engineering 126 (2019) 342-355
- Subject
- Mathematics - Optimization and Control
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
- Language
We present a computational framework for analyzing and quantifying system flexibility. Our framework incorporates new features that include: general uncertainty characterizations that are constructed using composition of sets, procedures for computing well-centered nominal points, and a procedure for identifying and ranking flexibility-limiting constraints and critical parameter values. These capabilities allow us to analyze the flexibility of complex systems such as distribution networks.