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Cooperative Synchronization in Distributed Microgrid Control

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This book applies techniques from distributed cooperative control of multi-agent dynamical systems to synchronization, power sharing, and load balancing problems arising in electric power microgrids.

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  1. Quanta Technology, Markham, ON, Canada

    Ali Bidram

  2. TeraDiode (United States), Wilmington, MA, USA

    Vahidreza Nasirian

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA

    Ali Davoudi

  4. The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute, Fort Worth, TX, USA

    Frank L. Lewis

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Bidram, A., Nasirian, V., Davoudi, A., Lewis, F.L. (2017). Introduction to Multi-agent Cooperative Control. In: Cooperative Synchronization in Distributed Microgrid Control. Advances in Industrial Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50808-5_3

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