Mitigation of cross-layer random denial-of-service cyber attacks for resilient distributed power system utilizing novel modified golf optimization algorithm

Rajendra Kumar Khadanga, Sidhartha Panda, Deepa Das, Sasmita Padhy, Preeti Ranjan Sahu, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Department of Electrical Engineering, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology , Department of Electrical Engineering of Government College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NIST University

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Published online on June 12, 2026

Abstract

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Ahead of Print.
This paper examines a new PD+PI controller for load frequency control (LFC) solution for multi-area distributed hydro-thermal power systems under cross-layer attacks, based on the Modified Golf optimisation algorithm (mGOA). The mGOA-based PD+PI system is ...