Analysis of Failure Propagation in Cyber-Physical Power Systems Based on an Epidemic Model

Abstract

From the perspective of propagation dynamics in complex networks, failure propagation in cyber-physical power systems is analogous to the spread of diseases; subsequently, the cyber nodes and power nodes are regarded as individuals in each of their groups. In this study, a two-layer interdependent network model of the cyber-physical power system is proposed, where each subnetwork adopts the Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible (SIS) epidemic-spreading model. On this basis, we construct a failure cooperation propagation model of cyber-physical power systems. Furthermore, we introduce the node protection mechanism to ensure the normal operation of key nodes. The generated scale-free cyber network and IEEE118-bus power system are used for simulation to analyze the influence of the coupling effect between them on the final failure scale.

Keywords

• cyber-physical power system
• interdependent network
• epidemic model
• cooperation propagation
• node protection