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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, VOL. 22, NO. 3, AUGUST 2007 1267 Skeleton-Network Reconfiguration Based on Topological Characteristics of Scale-Free Networks and Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Yan Liu, Student Member, IEEE, and Xueping Gu Abstract—Black start, the restoration of a power system after a Black start is defined as the process that a system suffered complete blackout, is a key issue to the safety of power systems. The from a complete blackout is restarted through reconstructing its reasonable network reconfiguration is necessary for establishing networks and restoring its service depending on its self-starting the main network and restoring loads quickly. Based on topological characteristics of scale-free networks and discrete particle swarm units, without help from other systems [2]. Being an extreme optimization, a skeleton-network reconfiguration strategy is pro- condition of the system restoration, black start is a complex posed in this paper. Through calculating node importance degrees, decision-making and control problem for power system oper- priorities of sources and loads could be scaled quantitatively. Then, ators. It is customary in many electrical utilities to develop dis- network reconfiguration efficiency, an index represented by net- tinct start schemes to meet their particular needs [2]–[5]. Most work structure and subjected to restoration constrains, is used to evaluate the reconfiguration effect. Furthermore, discrete particle of schemes contain general guidelines used to define the re- swarm optimization is employed in reconstructing skeleton net- quired restoration plans [6]–[8]. Meanwhile, it is incumbent works