Main Publications

International Book Chapters

• A.P. Alves da Silva and D.M. Falcão, “Fundamentals of Genetic Algorithms”, in Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques: Theory and Applications to Power Systems, Chapter 2, Edited by K. Y. Lee and M. A. El-Sharkawi, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
• A.P. Alves da Silva, D.M. Falcão, and K. Y. Lee, “Overview of Applications in Power Systems”, in Modern Heuristic Optimization Techniques: Theory and Applications to Power Systems, Chapter 12, Edited by K. Y. Lee and M. A. El-Sharkawi, John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
• D.M. Falcão and G.N. Taranto, “Placement and Coordinated Tuning of Control Devices Using Genetic Algorithms”, in Applied Mathematics for Deregulated Electric Power Systems, Ed. J. Chow, F.F. Wu, and J.H. Momoh, Springer, 2004.

International Journals

• J.A. Passos Filho, N. Martins, and D.M. Falcão, “Identifying Power Flow Infeasibilities in Large-Scale Power System Models”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 24, no. 1, pp.86-95, February 2009.
• T.M.L. Assis, D.M. Falcão, and G.N. Taranto, “Dynamic Transmission Capability Calculation Using Integrated Analysis Tools and Intelligent Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 22, no. 4, pp.1760-1770, November 2007.
• C.L.T. Borges and D.M. Falcão, “Optimal Distributed Generation Allocation for Reliability, Losses, and Voltage Improvement”, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 28, Issue 6, July 2006.
• A.P. Leite, C.L.T. Borges, and D.M. Falcão, “Probabilistic Wind Farms Generation Model for Reliability Studies Applied to Brazilian Sites”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 1493-1501, November 2006.
• A.B. Marques, G.N. Taranto and D.M. Falcão, “A Knowledge-Based System for Supervision and Control of Regional Voltage Profile and Security“, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 400-407, February 2005.
• H. Faria Jr., S. Binato, M.G.C. Resende, and D.M. Falcão, “Power Transmission Network Design by Greedy Randomized Adaptive Path Relinking”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 43-49, February 2005.
• C.L.T. Borges, D.M. Falcão, J.C.O. Mello, and A.C.G. Melo, “Composite Reliability Evaluation by Sequential Monte Carlo Simulation on Parallel and Distributed Processing Environments”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 203-209, May 2001.
• C.L.T. Borges, D.M. Falcão, J.C.O. Mello, and A.C.G. Melo, “Concurrent Composite Reliability Evaluation Using the State Sampling Approach”, Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 57, pp. 149-155, 2001.
• H.L.S. Almeida, A. Bhaya, D.M. Falcão e E. Kaszkurewicz, “A Team Algorithm for Robust Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Time-Varying Linear Systems Using Piecewise Quadratic Lyapunov Functions”, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 11, pp. 357-371, 2001.
• C.L.T. Borges and D.M. Falcão, “Power System Reliability by Monte Carlo Simulation on Multicomputer Platforms”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1981, Springer-Verlag, 2001.
• A.L.B. do Bomfim, G.N. Taranto e D.M. Falcão, “Simultaneous Tuning of Power System Damping Controllers Using Genetic Algorithms”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 163-169, February 2000.
• C.L.T. Borges and D.M. Falcão, “A Parallelization Strategy for Power System Composite Reliability Evaluation”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 1573, pp. 640-651, S pringer-Verlag, 1999.
• G.N. Taranto and D.M. Falcão, "Robust Decentralized Control Design Using Genetic Algorithms in Power System Damping Control", IEE Proceedings, Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 145, no. 1, pp.1-6, 1998.
• D.M. Falcão, "High Performance Computing in Power System Applications", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer-Verlag), vol. 1215, J.M.L.M. Palma and J. Dongarra, Eds., 1997.
• I.C. Decker, D.M. Falcão and E. Kaszkurewicz, "Conjugate Gradient Methods for Power System Dynamic Simulation on Parallel Computers", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1218-1227 , August 1996.
• J.M. Campagnolo, N. Martins, and D.M. Falcão, "Refactored Bi-Iteration: A High Performance Eigensolution Method for Large Power System Matrices", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1228-1235 , August 1996.
• B. Baran, E. Kaszkurewicz, and D.M. Falcão, "Team Algorithms in Distributed Load Flow Computations", IEE Proceedings, Gener. Transm. Distrib., vol. 142, no. 6, pp. 583-588, November 1995.
• D.M. Falcão, F.F. Wu, and L. Murphy, "Parallel and Distributed State Estimation", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 724-730, May 1995.
• J.M. Campagnolo, N. Martins, and D.M. Falcão, "An Efficient and Robust Eigenvalue Method for Small-Signal Stability Assessment in Parallel Computers", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 506-511, February 1995.
• D.M. Falcão and M.A. Arias, "State Estimation and Observability Analysis Based on Echelon Forms of the Linearized Measurement Models'', IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol 9, No. 2, pp. 979-987, May 1994.
• J.M. Campagnolo, N.Martins, J.L.R. Pereira, L.T.G. Lima, H.J.C.P. Pinto, and D.M. Falcão, "Fast Small Signal Stability Assessment Using Parallel Processing", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 949-956, May 1994.
• D.M. Falcão, E.Kaszkurewicz and H.L.S. Almeida, "Application of Parallel Processing Techniques to the Simulation of Power System Electromagnetic Transients", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 90-96, February 1993.
• I.C. Decker, D.M. Falcão and E. Kaszkurewicz, "Parallel Implementation of a Power System Simulation Methodology Using the Conjugate Gradient Method", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 458-465, February 1992.

International Conferences

• T.M.L. Assis, G.N. Taranto, and D.M. Falcão, “Dynamic Transmission Capability Calculation Using Integrated Analysis Tools and Intelligent Systems”, Proceedings of the IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA, June 2008.
• T.M.L. Assis, G.N. Taranto, and D.M. Falcão, “Secure Economic Dispatch Determination through Integrated Tools and Fuzzy Inference Systems”, Proceedings of the IREP Symposium - Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control - VII, Charleston, USA, 2007.
• T.M.L. Assis, A.R. Nunes, and D.M. Falcão, “Mid and Long-Term Voltage Stability Assessment using Neural Networks and Quasi-Steady-State Simulation”, Proceedings of the. IEEE Large Engineering Systems Conference on Power Engineering, Montreal, Canada, 2007.
• C.L.T. Borges, D.M. Falcão, J.C.O. Mello, and A.C.G. Melo, "Parallel Composite Realiability Evaluation Using Monte Carlo Simulation", Proceedings of the Power System Computation Conference (PSCC), Trondehein, Denmark, July 1999.
• O.F. Riccieri Jr. and D.M.Falcão, "A Meter Placement Method for State Estimation Using Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems(ISAP), Rio de Janeiro, April 1999.
• F.L. Tito, G.N. Taranto, and D.M. Falcão, "Integrated Tuning of Generator Excitation Systems by a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm", Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP), Rio de Janeiro, April 1999.
• G.N. Taranto, A.L.B. do Bomfim, D.M. Falcão and N. Martins, "Automated Design of Multiple Damping Controllers Using Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE PES Winter Meeting, Jan./Feb. 1999.
• H.L.S. Almeida, E. Kaszkurewicz, D.M. Falcão e A. Bhaya, "A Team Algorithm for Robust Stability Analysis and Control Design of Uncertain Time Varying Linear Systems Using Piecewise Quadratic Lyapunov Functions", Proceedings of the 37^th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa, USA, December1998.
• G.N. Taranto, A.L.B. do Bomfim, D.M. Falcão, N. Martins, S. Gomes e P.E.M. Quintão, "Combined use of Analytic and Genetic Algorithms for Robust Coordinated Tuning of Power System Damping Controllers", Proceedings of the International Symposium on Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control IV : Restructuring, Santorini, Greece, August 1998.
• A.L.B. do Bomfim, G.N. Taranto and D. M. Falcão, "Tuning of Power System Damping Controllers Using Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent System Application to Power Systems(ISAP), Seoul, Korea, July 1997.
• G.N. Taranto and D. M. Falcao, "A Genetic-Based Control Desing for Damping Power System Inter-Area Oscillations, Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, December 1996.
• M.H.M. Vale, D.M. Falcão e E. Kaszkurewicz, "Electrical Power Network Decomposition for Parallel Computations", Proceedings of the IEEE Int. Symp. on Circuits and Systems, San Diego, USA, pp. 2761- 2764, May 1992.
• I.C. Decker, D.M. Falcão and E. Kaszkurewicz, "An Efficient Parallel Method for Transient Stability Analysis", Proceedings of the Power System Computation Conference (PSCC), Graz, Austria, August 1990