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Publications

Book

Robust Optimization with Applications to Electric Energy Systems. Andy Sun, Antonio Conejo. Springer. Forthcoming, 2021.

Book Chapters

  1. Modern optimization methods and techniques for electric power systems operation, with Dzung Phan, Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, 2013.

  2. Robust optimization in electric power systems, invited chapter in Advances and Trends in Optimization with Engineering Applications, ed. Tamas Terlaky, Miguel Anjos, Shabbir Ahmed, SIAM, 2016.

  3. Recent development on robust optimization in electric power systems operations, with A. Lorca, invited chapter in Integration of Large Scale Renewable Energy into Bulk Power Systems: From Planning to Operation, ed. Pengwei Du, Ross Baldick, Aidan Tuohy, Springer, 201

Papers

  1. Robust optimization with continuous decision-dependent uncertainty. Hongfan Chen, Andy Sun, Haoxiang Yang. Submitted, 2022.
  2. Solar Radiation Ramping Events Modeling Using Spatial-temporal Point Processes. Minghe Zhang, Chen Xu, Andy Sun, Feng Qiu, Yao Xie. Submitted, 2022

  3. Dual Descent ALM and ADMM. Kaizhao Sun and Andy Sun. Submitted, 2021.

  4. Log-Difference-of-Convex (Log-DC) Sampling by the Unadjusted Langevin Algorithm. Jiaming Liang, Kaizhao Sun, Andy Sun, and Enlu Zhou. Submitted, 2021.

  5. Algorithms for Difference-of-Convex (DC) Programs Based on Difference-of-Moreau-Envelopes Smoothing. Kaizhao Sun and Andy Sun. Submitted, 2021.

  6. Solving Large-Scale Security Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow Problems. Amin Gholami*, Kaizhao Sun*, Shixuan Zhang*, and Andy Sun. Submitted, 2021. (*authors listed in alphabetic order).
  7. A Two-Level ADMM Algorithm for AC Optimal Power Flow with Convergence Guarantees. Kaizhao Sun and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 36(6): 5271-5281, 2021.
  8. The Impact of Damping in Second-Order Dynamical Systems with Applications in Power Grid Stability. Amin Gholami and Andy Sun. Accepted for publication at SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 2021.

  9. Stability of Multi-Microgrids: New Certificates, Distributed Control, and Braess's Paradox. Amin Gholami and Andy Sun. Accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021.

  10. A Distributed Scheme for Stability Assessment in Large Scale Structure-Preserving Models via Singular Perturbation. Amin Gholami and Andy Sun. 54th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), 2021.
  11. A Fast Certificate for Power System Stability. Amin Gholami and Andy Sun. 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Dec. 2020.
  12. Optimal Feeder Routing in Urban Distribution Networks Planning with Layout Constraints and Losses. Alessandro Bosisio, Alberto Berizzi, Edoardo Amaldi, Crisitian Bovo, Andy Sun. Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, Vol. 8, No. 5, 1005-1014, 2020.
  13. A Two-level Distributed Algorithm for General Nonconvex Constrained Optimization with Global Convergence. Kaizhao Sun and Andy Sun. Submitted, 2020.

  14. On Distributionally Robust Multistage Convex Optimization: New Algorithms and Complexity Analysis. Shixuan Zhang and Andy Sun. Submitted. 2020.

  15. Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming for Multistage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization. Shixuan Zhang, Andy Sun. Submitted 2019. INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize, Honorable Mention, 2021.

  16. On the Equilibria and Efficiency of Electricity Markets with Renewable Power Producers and Congestion Constraints. Hossein Khazaei, Andy Sun, and Yue Zhao. Submitted, 2019.
  17. Solvability of Power Flow Equations through Existence and Uniqueness of Complex Fixed Point. Bai Cui and Andy Sun. Submitted, 2019.
  18. Leveraging Predictive Analytics to Control and Coordinate Operations, Asset Loading, and Maintenance. Murat Yildirim, Nagi Gabraeel, and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 34, No. 6, 4279-4290, 2019.
  19. Towards Resilient Operation of Multi-microgrids: An MISOCP-based Frequency-constrained Approach. Amin Gholami and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3, 925-936, 2019.
  20. Multistage Stochastic Unit Commitment using Stochastic Dual Dynamic Integer Programming. Jikai Zou, Shabbir Ahmed, and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 34, No. 3, 1814-1823, 2019.
  21. Stochastic Dual Dynamic Integer Programming. Jikai Zou, Shabbir Ahmed, and Andy Sun. Mathematical Programming, Vol. 175, No. 1, 461-502, 2019.
  22. A New Voltage Stability Constrained Optimal Power Flow Model: Sufficient Condition, SOCP Representation, and Relaxation. Bai Cui and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 33, No. 5, 5092-5102, 2018.
  23. Matrix Minor Reformulation and SOCP-based Spatial Branch-and-Cut Method for the AC Optimal Power Flow Problem. Burak Kocuk, Santanu S. Dey, and Andy Sun. Mathematical Programming Computation, Vol. 10, No. 4, 557-596, 2018.

  24. Adaptive Robust Multi-period AC Optimal Power Flow. Alvaro Lorca and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1993-2003, 2018. INFORMS Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources (ENRE) Best Student Paper, Second Place, 2016; Best Paper published in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems from 2017 to 2019.

  25. Partially Adaptive Stochastic Optimization for Electric Power Generation Expansion Problem. Jikai Zou, Shabbir Ahmed, and Andy Sun. INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 30, No. 2, 388-401, 2018.

  26. An Adaptive Optimization-based Load Shedding Scheme in Microgrids. A. Gholami, T. Shekari, and Andy Sun. Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2660-2669, 2018. Best Paper Award.

  27. New Formulation and Strong MISOCP Relaxations for AC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem. Burak Kocuk, Santanu S. Dey, and Andy Sun. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 32, No. 6, 4161-4170, 2017.
  28. Integrated Predictive Analytics and Optimization for Opportunistic Maintenance and Operations in Wind Farm, with Murat Yildirim and Nagi Gebraeel, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 32, No. 6, 4319-4328, 2017.
  29. Multistage Robust Unit Commitment with Dynamic Uncertainty Sets and Energy Storage, Alvaro Lorca and Andy Sun, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 32, No. 3, 1678-1688, 2017.
  30. Exact Augmented Lagrangian Duality for Mixed Integer Linear Programming, Javad Feizollahi, Shabbir Ahmed, and Andy Sun, Mathematical Programing, Vol. 161, No. 1, 365-387, 2017.

  31. Strong SOCP Relaxations of the Optimal Power Flow Problem, Burak Kocuk, Santanu Dey, and Andy Sun, Operations Research, Vol. 64, No. 6, 1177-1196, 2016. INFORMS ENRE Best Publication in Energy, 2019.

  32. A Cycle-based Formulation and Valid Inequalities for DC Power Transmission Problem with Switching, Burak Kocuk, Hyemin Jeon, Santanu Dey, Jeff Linderoth, James Luedtke, and Andy Sun, Operations Research, Vol. 64, No. 4, 922-938, 2016.
  33. Inexactness of SDP Relaxation and Valid Inequalities of Optimal Power Flow, Burak Kocuk, Santanu S. Dey, and Andy Sun, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 31, No. 1, 642-651, 2015.

  34. Multistage Adaptive Robust Optimization for the Unit Commitment Problem, Alvaro Lorca, Andy Sun, Eugen Litvinov, and Tongxin Zheng, Operations Research, Vol. 64, No. 1, 32-51, 2016. INFORMS JFIG Paper Competition, Third Place, 2014; INFORMS ENRE Best Publication in Energy, 2017.

  35. Sensor-driven Condition-based Generator Maintenance Scheduling, Part 1: Maintenance Problem, Murat Yildirim, Andy Sun, and Nagi Gebraeel, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 31, No. 6, 4253-4263, 2016. INFORMS Data Mining Society Best Student Paper Award, Finalist, 2015.

  36. Sensor-driven Condition-based Generator Maintenance Scheduling, Part 2: Incorporating Operations, Murat Yildirim, Andy Sun, and Nagi Gebraeel, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 31, No. 6, 4264-4271, 2016.
  37. An Analytical Approach for Fantasy Football Draft and Lineup Management, Adrian Becker and Andy Sun, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2016. Editor's Choice article. (Authors in alphabetical order)
  38. Minimal Impact Corrective Actions in Security-constrained Optimal Power Flow via Sparsity Regularization, Dzung Phan and Andy Sun, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1947-1956, 2015.
  39. Adaptive Robust Optimization with Dynamic Uncertainty Sets for Multi-period Economic Dispatch under Significant Wind, Alvaro Lorca and Andy Sun, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1702-1713, 2015.
  40. Adaptive Robust Optimization for the Security Constrained Unit Commitment Problem, Dimitris Bertsimas, Eugene Litvinov, Andy Sun, Jinye Zhao, and Tongxin Zheng, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 28, No. 1, 52-63, 2013. INFORMS ENRE Best Publication in Energy, Second Place, 2015. (Authors in alphabetical order)
  41. Adaptive Robust Optimization for Daily Power System Operation, Andy Sun and Alvaro Lorca, invited paper at Power Systems and Computation Conference (PSCC), Wroclaw Poland, 2014.
  42. Advanced Optimization Methods for Power Systems, P. Panciatici, M.C. Campi, S. Garatti, S.H. Low, D.K. Molzahn, Andy Sun, L. Wehenkel, invited survey paper at Power Systems and Computation Conference (PSCC), Wroclaw Poland, 2014.
  43. Robust Optimization based Economic Dispatch for Managing System Ramp Requirement, Anupam Thatte, Andy Sun, Le Xie, Proceedings of the 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS), 2344-2352, 2014.
  44. Fully Decentralized AC Optimal Power Flow Algorithms, Andy Sun, Dzung Phan, Soumyadip Ghosh, Proceedings of the IEEE PES General Meeting, 2013.
  45. Learning Hash Codes with Listwise Supervision, Jun Wang, Wei Liu, Andy Sun, Yu-Gang Jiang. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2013, pp. 3032-3039.
  46. An Accelerated First-order Method for Solving SOS Relaxations of Unconstrained Polynomial Optimization Problems, Dimitris Bertsimas, Robert Freund, and Andy Sun, Optimization Methods and Software Vol. 28, No. 3, 424-441, 2013. (Authors in alphabetical order)
  47. A Geometric Characterization of the Power of Finite Adaptability in Multi-stage Stochastic and Adaptive Optimization, Dimitris Bertsimas, Vineet Goyal, and Andy Sun, Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 36, No. 1, 24-54, 2011. (Authors in alphabetical order)

Thesis

  • Advances in Electric Power Systems: Robustness, Adaptability, and Fairness. Operations Research Center, MIT, 2011. INFORMS Georgia B. Dantzig Dissertation Prize, Second Place, 2011.

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