In recent years, there has been an increasing number of major power system
blackouts worldwide. As a consequence, interest in the investigation and de
velopment of new methods, tools, and models for power system restoration ha
s grown considerably. This paper provides a bibliographical survey of the c
urrent state in research, development, and applications in power system res
toration. The survey is subdivided into nine different sections, each secti
on representing those subjects which are considered to be most relevant to
that area. For each section a summary and an overview of relevant publicati
ons are given. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.