Assessing DER network cybersecurity defences in a power-communication co-simulation environment - Johnson, Jay; Onunkwo, Ifeoma; Cordeiro, Patricia; Wright, Brian J; Jacobs, Nicholas; Lai, Christine (IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, 2020)
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