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Title: Assessing the impact of Byzantine attacks on coupled phase oscillators

Journal Article · · Journal of Physics. Complexity

Abstract For many coupled dynamical systems, the interaction is the outcome of the measurement that each unit has of the others as e.g. in modern inverter-based power grids, autonomous vehicular platoons or swarms of drones, or it is the result of physical flows. Synchronization among all the components of these systems is of primal importance to avoid failures. The overall operational state of these systems therefore crucially depends on the correct and reliable functioning of the individual elements as well as the information they transmit through the network. Here, we investigate the effect of Byzantine attacks where one unit does not behave as expected, but is controlled by an external attacker. For such attacks, we assess the impact on the global collective behavior of nonlinearly coupled phase oscillators. We relate the synchronization error induced by the input signal to the properties of the attacked node. This allows to anticipate the potential of an attacker and identify which network components to secure.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
2203762
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2202504
Journal Information:
Journal of Physics. Complexity, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. Complexity Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 4; ISSN 2632-072X
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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