My list of publications

Finally, I found time to hyperlink almost everything. Papers are provided when publically available, otherwise only abstracts are linked. Feel free to contact me for more information.

Book chapters

  1. C. Rehtanz, T. Kostic, M. Naedele, "Implementation of Autonomous Systems," in Autonomous Systems and Intelligent Agents in Power System Control and Operation, C. Rehtanz, Ed. Springer-Verlag 2003, pp. 17-34. [book reference]
  2. T. Kostic, R. Cherkaoui, P. Pruvot, A. J. Germond, "Decision Aid Function for Restoration of Transmission Power Systems: Conceptual Design and Real Time Considerations," in Power System Restoration: Methodologies & Implementation Strategies, M. M. Adibi, Ed., Wiley-IEEE Press, 2000, pp. 553-559. [book reference]

Journals

  1. T. Kostic, N. Cukalevski, Data exchange issues within the power system operation and control environment - A Benchmark Questionnaire Survey, on the behalf of Cigré WG C2.01, to appear as Cigré Technical Brochure, 2008. [abstract TODO]
  2. T. Kostic, O. Preiss, C. Frei, "Understanding and Using the IEC 61850: A Case for Meta-Modelling," Elsevier Journal of Computer Standards & Interfaces, vol. 27/6, pp. 679-695, 2005. [abstract]
  3. T. Kostic, N. Lahner, W. Wimmer, "Integration als Schlüssel zu Asset Management," Bulletin SEV/VSE, no. 24/25, 2002, pp. 13-17 (in German only). [paper]
  4. J. H. La Grange, T. Kostic, The Needs and Environment of Control Centre Operators during Power System Restoration - A Benchmark Questionnaire Survey, on the behalf of Cigré WG39-01, Cigré Technical Brochure 208, August 2002. [abstract TODO]
  5. T. Kostic, J.-J. Alba, A. J. Germond, "Optimization and Learning of Load Restoration Strategies," International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 20, no. 2, February 1998, pp. 131-140. [abstract]
  6. T. Kostic, R. Cherkaoui, P. Pruvot, A. J. Germond, "Decision Aid Function for Restoration of Transmission Power Systems: Conceptual Design and Real Time Considerations," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 13, no. 3, August 1998, pp. 923-929. [abstract]

Conferences

  1. T. Kostic, Ch. Frei, "Modelling and using IEC 61850-7-2 (ACSI) as an API," PowerTech 2007, Lausanne, 1-5 July, 2007. [paper | abstract]
  2. Y. Wu, M. Kezunovic, T. Kostic, "An Advanced Alarm Processor using Two-level Processing Structure," PowerTech 2007, Lausanne, 1-5 July, 2007. [paper ]
  3. Y. Wu, M. Kezunovic, T. Kostic, "The Dynamic Utilization of Substation Measurements to Maintain Power System Observability," IEEE 2006 PES Power System Conference and Exposition, pp. 1699-1704, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, October-November 2006. [paper]
  4. Y. Wu, M. Kezunovic, T. Kostic, "Cost Minimization in Power System Measurement Placement," 2006 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON 2006), Changqing, China, October 2006. [paper]
  5. Otto Preiss, Tatjana Kostic, "Unified Information Models in Support of Location Transparency for Future Utility Applications", in Proceedings of the 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 4-7, 2006, Kauai, Hawaii. [paper | abstract]
  6. T. Kostic and N. Cukalevski, on behalf of Cigré WGC2.01, "Data exchange issues within the power system operation and control environment", CIGRE-IEEE PES Symposium on Congestion management in a market environment, October 05-07, 2005, San Antonio, USA, paper 507. [abstract]
  7. M. Kezunovic, T Djokic, T. Kostic, "Robust Topology Determination Based on Additional Substation Data from IEDs", PowerTech 2005, Sankt Petersburg, June 2005, paper 645. [paper]
  8. T. Kostic, C. Frei, O. Preiss, M. Kezunovic, "Scenarios for Data Exchange using Standards IEC 61970 and IEC 61850", Proceedings of the 27th Symposium of Juko Cigré, Zlatibor, Serbia & Montenegro, May 29 - June 3, 2005, paper R D2-03 (in Serbian: "Mogući načini razmjene podataka korišćenjem standarda IEC 61970 i IEC 61850") [paper]
  9. M. Kezunovic, T. Djokic, T. Kostic, "Automated Monitoring and Control Using New Data Integration Paradigm," Proc. of HICSS-38, January 3-6, 2005, Big Island, Hawaii. [paper | abstract]
  10. O. Preiss, T. Kostic, C. Frei, "Data Communications Standards: A Case for the UML," Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 3297 / 2005, <<UML>> 2004 Satellite Activities, N.J. Nunes et al. (Eds.): pp. 175 - 186, February 2005. [conference | abstract]
  11. T. Kostic, C. Frei, O. Preiss, M. Kezunovic, "Scenarios for Data Exchange using Standards IEC 61970 and IEC 61850," presented to the UCA User Group, Cigré 2004, Paris, France, September 2004. [paper | presentation]
  12. T. Kostic, "Asset Management in Electrical Utilities: How Many Facets It Actually Has," presented at the 2003 IEEE PES General Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 13-17 July, 2003, IEEE paper 0-7803-7990-X/03. [abstract]
  13. C. Yuen, T. Kostic, "IT Applications for Asset Management: Disturbance Records as Support for AM Processes," presented at the 2003 IEEE Bologna PowerTech Conference, Bologna, Italy, 23-26 June, 2003, IEEE paper 0-7803-7967-5/03. [abstract]
  14. T. Kostic, O. Preiss, C. Frei, "Towards the Formal Integration of Two Upcoming Standards: IEC 61970 and IEC 61850," in Proc. of the 2003 LESCOPE Conference, Montreal, Canada, 7-9 May, 2003, pp. 24-29. [abstract]
  15. T. Kostic, J. H. La Grange, "Power System Restoration: The Needs and Environment of Control Centre Operators," in Proc. of the 2003 Juko-Cigré SC22 Colloquium on Overhead Lines Revitalization, Belgrade, May 6-10, 2003, paper R2-02. [abstract TODO]
  16. C. Vetter, T. Werner, T. Kostic, "Building an asset management system for electric utilities on a component-based environment," in Proc. of the 2000 International Conference on Power System Technology (PowerCon 2000), Perth, Australia, December 2000, pp. 241-245. [abstract]
  17. T. Werner, C. Vetter, T. Kostic, V. Lohmann, "Data Exchange in Asset Management Applications for Electric Utilities using XML," in Proc. of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Power System Control, Operation and Management (APSCOM 2000), Hong-Kong, October 2000, vol. 1, pp. 220-224. [abstract]
  18. S. Draber, E. Gelle, T. Kostic, O. Preiss, U. Schluchter, "How operation data help manage life cycle costs," Cigré 2000, Paris, France, August 2000, paper 23/39-02. [paper]
  19. T. Kostic, R. Cherkaoui, P. Pruvot, A. J. Germond, "Decision Aid Function for Restoration of Transmission Power Systems: Conceptual Design and Real Time Considerations," in Proc. of the 20th IEEE Conference on Power Industry Computer Applications (PICA'97), May 11-16, 1997, Columbus, Ohio, USA, pp. 112-118. [abstract]
  20. T. Kostic, J.-J. Alba, A. J. Germond, "Optimization and Learning of Load Restoration Strategies," in Proc. of the 12th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC'96), August 1996, Dresden, Germany, pp. 276-284. [abstract]

Magazines

  1. Ch. Frei, H. Kirrmann, T. Kostic, T. Maeda, M. Obrist, "Speed and quality: Shifting into high gear with IEC 61850-based substation engineering", ABB Review 4/2007, 38-41. [paper (html) | paper (pdf) | abstract]
  2. C. Frei, T. Kostic, "More than meets the eye: Beyond IEC 61850 as a pure communications standard", ABB Review 4/2006, 30-33. [paper (pdf) | paper (html)]

Dissertations

  1. T. Kostic, "Decision Aid Function for Restoration of Transmission Power Systems After a Blackout," Ph.D. dissertation no. 1702, Dept. El. Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), 1997. [university | abstract with TOC]
  2. T. Kostic, "Dynamic Simulator as a Part of an Expert System for Power System Restoration," M.Sc. dissertation, Dept. El. Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 1994 (in English and in Serbian/Croatian). [university | abstract TODO]

Technical Reports

  1. T. Kostic, "Distribution network models," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2004-4, April 2004.
  2. O. Preiss, T. Kostic, C. Frei, "The major abstractions and models of IEC 61850," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2003-26, November 2003.
  3. C. Frei, T. Kostic, O. Preiss, "Automatic conversion of data files between two XML-based standards in the utility domain," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2003-8, March 2003.
  4. C. Frei, T. Kostic, O. Preiss, "An introduction to the Resource Description Framework," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2003-7, March 2003.
  5. T. Kostic, "Technical Asset Management in Electrical Utilities," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2003-4, February 2003.
  6. T. Kostic, "Transmission Power System Restoration," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CH-RD 2002-1, January 2002.
  7. M Greiner, T. Kostic, Th. Werner, C. Vetter, "BTE Power Utility Asset Management," ABB Corporate Research, 5405 Baden-Daettwil, Switzerland, TR ABB CHCRC 2001-5, February 2001.