Centrality Fingerprints for Power Grid Network Growth Models

In our previous work, we have shown that many of the properties of the Florida power grid are reproduced by deterministic network growth models based on the minimization of energy dissipation Ediss. As there is no a priori best Ediss minimizing growth model, we here present a tool, called the “centrality fingerprint,” for probing the behavior of different growth models. The centrality fingerprints are comparisons of the current flow into/out of the network with the values of various centrality measures calculated at every step of the growth process. Finally, we discuss applications to the Maryland power grid.