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5 papers

quant-ph2026

Nested-Loop Trajectory-Informed Variational Quantum Solver for Interior-Point OPF

Farshad Amani, Amin Kargarian

Optimal power flow (OPF) solved by an interior-point method (IPM) requires repeatedly solving Newton linear systems. When variational quantum linear solvers (VQLS) are used, each I…

eess.SY2026

Learning Interior Point Method Central Path Projection for Optimal Power Flow

Farshad Amani, Amin Kargarian, Ramachandran Vaidyanathan

This paper proposes a learning-based approach to accelerate the interior-point method (IPM) for solving optimal power flow (OPF) problems by learning the structure of the IPM centr…

eess.SY2026

Event-Driven Deep RL Dispatcher for Post-Storm Distribution System Restoration

Farshad Amani, Faezeh Ardali, Amin Kargarian

Natural hazards such as hurricanes and floods damage power grid equipment, forcing operators to replan restoration repeatedly as new information becomes available. This paper devel…

eess.SY2025

Learning Optimal Crew Dispatch for Grid Restoration Following an Earthquake

Farshad Amani, Faezeh Ardali, Amin Kargarian

Post-disaster crew dispatch is a critical but computationally intensive task. Traditional mixed-integer linear programming methods often require minutes to several hours to compute…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Optimization for Optimal Power Flow: CVQLS-Augmented Interior Point Method

Farshad Amani, Amin Kargarian

This paper presents a quantum-enhanced optimization approach for solving optimal power flow (OPF) by integrating the interior point method (IPM) with a coherent variational quantum…