FUZZ,EXPERT SYSTEM,ANN,& PETRI NET

Topics of current interestIn the last issue of this journal“ELECTRICITY,CSEE”a report was presented on the International Conference on Power System Tech-nology '91 where specialists from 15 countries were gathered together to discuss topics of common interest.Several outstanding problemsdeserve special report.For instance,the greenhouse problem was reported in this issue under the column of power and environment.Theoperator's training simulator is reported in a special article in this issue.Since a series of large scale blackouts occurred in several countries,particularly the 1977 New York City blackout,people realized that operators in the modem fully computerized and automated control centerneed constant practice on a simulator,so that they can be fully prepared to handle sudden attacks of severe disturbances.The current prob-lems and views from several countries taking part in the panel discussion were reported in this issue.Some new techniques attracting much attention from researchers in the field of power system technology,such as fuzzy systems,Expert Systems,Artificial Neural Networks and Petri Nets were discussed to quite some extent in this conference.They are also reported in thisissue.More special subjects will be reported in later issues.(Ed.)