Smart Grid Outlier Detection Based on the Minorization–Maximization Algorithm

Outliers can be generated in the power system due to aging system equipment, faulty sensors, incorrect line connections, etc. The existence of these outliers will pose a threat to the safe operation of the power system, reduce the quality of the data, affect the completeness and accuracy of the data, and thus affect the monitoring analysis and control of the power system. Therefore, timely identification and treatment of outliers are essential to ensure stable and reliable operation of the power system. In this paper, we consider the problem of detecting and localizing outliers in power systems. The paper proposes a Minorization–Maximization (MM) algorithm for outlier detection and localization and an estimation of unknown parameters of the Gaussian mixture model (GMM). To verify the performance of the method, we conduct simulation experiments by simulating different test scenarios in the IEEE 14-bus system. Numerical examples show that in the presence of outliers, the MM algorithm can detect outliers better than the traditional algorithm and can accurately locate outliers with a probability of more than [Formula: see text]. Therefore, the algorithm provides an effective method for the handling of outliers in the power system, which helps to improve the monitoring analyzing and controlling ability of the power system and to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the power system.