Cognitive disambiguation for problem-solving tasks involving a power grid using relevance feedback
Methods, systems, and computer program products for cognitive disambiguation of problem-solving tasks involving a power grid are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes capturing user feedback pertaining to relevance of remote terminal unit measurements related to a grid event through user interface interactions carried out by the user, wherein the user interface is communicatively linked to at least one computing device; automatically inferring rules related to the grid event to curate remote terminal unit measurements across iterations of analysis by recognizing irrelevant data and/or distractions in a visual display associated with the user interface, wherein said automatically inferring comprises implementing machine learning via the at least one computing device based on the user feedback; and outputting candidate solutions to a problem-solving task involving the grid based on the inferred rules, wherein said outputting is carried out by the at least one computing device.
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs) deployed on an electrical transmission grid, a plurality of PMU measurements, the electrical transmission grid experiencing at least one localized fault, each of the plurality of PMUs being remote to each other;
providing the received plurality of PMU measurements to a user interface;
receiving a selection of PMUs to remove PMU measurements generated by the selected PMUs from the user interface; and
for each selected PMUs:
compare PMU measurements to a baseline for that particular PMU;
identify a smallest deviation among all the selected PMUs based on the comparison; and
designating the particular PMU as a PMU to be removed;
identify all current deviations for each non-selected PMU of the electrical grid;
for each non-selected PMU, if the current deviation is smaller than the smallest deviation, remove measurements of the non-selected PMU from the user interface and replace the designation of the particular PMU as the PMU to be removed with the non-selected PMU as the PMU to be removed; and
providing notification of the removal of the designated PMU, the providing being carried out by at least one computing device.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is communicatively linked to the at least one computing device.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
logging the removal of the designated PMU in a memory communicatively linked to the at least one computing device.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
receiving user validation of the removal of the designated PMU via the user interface.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , comprising:
updating a knowledge base with the removal of the designated PMUs subsequent to the user validation.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the selection of the PMUs to remove PMU measurements comprises turning off one or more measurements displayed via the user interface.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
asserting PMU measurements from the selected PMU as relevant data.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , comprising:
asserting PMU measurements from the designated PMU as irrelevant data.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , further comprising mapping the irrelevant data to one or more items of stored information.
10. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to:
receive, from a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs) deployed on an electrical transmission grid, a plurality of PMU measurements, the electrical transmission grid experiencing at least one localized fault, each of the plurality of PMUs being remote to each other;
provide the received plurality of PMU measurements to a user interface;
receive a selection of PMUs to remove PMU measurements generated by the selected PMUs from the user interface; and
for each selected PMUs:
compare PMU measurements to a baseline for that particular PMU;
identify a smallest deviation among all the selected PMUs based on the comparison; and
designating the particular PMU as a PMU to be removed;
identify all current deviations for each non-selected PMU of the electrical grid;
for each non-selected PMU, if the current deviation is smaller than the smallest deviation, remove measurements of the non-selected PMU from the user interface and replace the designation of the particular PMU as the PMU to be removed with the non-selected PMU as the PMU to be removed; and
provide notification of the removal of the designated PMU, the providing being carried out by at least one computing device.
11. The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the user interface is communicatively linked to the at least one computing device.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the selection of the PMUs is provided by a user using the user interface.
13. A system comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for:
receiving, from a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs) deployed on an electrical transmission grid, a plurality of PMU measurements, the electrical transmission grid experiencing at least one localized fault, each of the plurality of PMUs being remote to each other;
providing the received plurality of PMU measurements to a user interface;
receiving a selection of PMUs to remove PMU measurements generated by the selected PMUs from the user interface; and
for each of the selected:
compare PMU measurements to a baseline for that particular PMU;
identify a smallest deviation among all the selected PMUs based on the comparison; and
designating the particular PMU as a PMU to be removed;
identify all current deviations for each non-selected PMU of the electrical grid;
for each non-selected PMU, if the current deviation is smaller than the smallest deviation, remove measurements of the non-selected PMU from the user interface and replace the designation of the particular PMU as the PMU to be removed with the non-selected PMU as the PMU to be removed; and
providing notification of the removal of the designated PMU of the number of PMUs, the providing being carried out by at least one computing device.
14. A computer-implemented method for use with a user interface to be used in one or more problem-solving tasks, comprising:
receiving, from a plurality of phasor measurement units (PMUs) deployed on an electrical transmission grid, a plurality of PMU measurements, the electrical transmission grid experiencing at least one localized fault, each of the plurality of PMUs being remote to each other;
providing the received plurality of PMU measurements to a user interface;
receiving a selection of PMUs to remove PMU measurements generated by the selected PMUs from the user interface; and
for each of the selected PMUs:
compare PMU measurements to a baseline for that particular PMU;
identify a smallest deviation among all the selected PMUs based on the comparison; and
designate the particular PMU as a PMU to be removed;
identify all current deviations for each non-selected PMU of the electrical grid;
for each non-selected PMU, if the current deviation is smaller than the smallest deviation, remove measurements of the non-selected PMU from the user interface and replace the designation of the particular PMU as the PMU to be removed with the non-selected PMU as the PMU to be removed;
providing notification of the removal of the designated PMU via the user interface; and
logging the removal of the particular PMU, subsequent to the user validation, in a knowledge base communicatively linked to at least one computing device.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the user interface is communicatively linked to the at least one computing device.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the selection of the PMUs to remove PMU measurements comprises turning off one or more measurements displayed via the user interface.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 16 , comprising: asserting PMU measurements from the selected PMU as relevant data.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17 , comprising: asserting PMU measurements from the designated PMU as irrelevant data.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , comprising mapping the irrelevant data to one or more items of stored information.