Intelligent alarm processing in control centers

Abstract

Control Center supervise, nionitor : i ~ i t l coi~trol Power Systems. I n order lo :iccoinplisIi these tasks, tlicir operators must intcrpict : i h n l i s t s t h a t i i i f t ) rn i tlicni : i l x i u t important occurrences in llic Power Systcni. 'r'liis is csl)ccinlly diflicult i n case ol' tlislui-lxinccs wlicn scvcr:iI Iiundrcd :ilnrins inay I)c rcccivctl i i i cc;~cIi iiiiniitc. 'lliis p:ipcr prcscnls :in Iiilclligciit A1:irui Processor for Portuguese Control Centers. 'Phis syslcni inclutlcs an Iiilcrcncc Engine cspcci:tlly dcvclopcd for lliis :rpplic:ltion. It tlc:ils with the rcquirccl tcinpor:iI a i i d non nionotonic reasoning i n an origiiiol :incl el'licicnt way. Tlic systcul ))roviJcs :I very fricuclly graphic user irilcrliicc. Explanalion fltcilitics allow its iisc :IS :i tutor for training purposes.