Impact of different central path neighborhoods on gross error identification in State Estimation with generalized correntropy interior point method

Classical Weighted Least Squares (WLS) State estimation (SE) in power systems is known for not performing well in the presence of Gross Errors (GE). The alternative using Correntropy proved to be appealing in dealing with outliers. Now, a novel SE method, generalized correntropy interior point method (GCIP) is being proposed, taking advantage of the properties of the Generalized Correntropy and of the Interior Point Method (IPM) as solver. This paper discusses how the choice of different central path neighborhoods, an essential concept in IPM, is critical in the identification of gross errors. The simulation results indicate that a one-sided infinity norm neighborhood successfully identifies outliers in the SE problem, making GCIP a competitive method.