Lu An

Works (11)

Updated: March 25th, 2024 08:09

2022 article

A Robust Stackelberg Game for Cyber-Security Investment in Networked Control Systems

Shukla, P., An, L., Chakrabortty, A., & Duel-Hallen, A. (2022, September 29). IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 9.

By: P. Shukla  n, L. An n , A. Chakrabortty n  & A. Duel-Hallen n 

author keywords: Investment; Security; Games; Uncertainty; Networked control systems; Hardware; Costs; Cyber-security; networked control systems (NCSs); power systems; resource allocation; robust game theory; Stackelberg game (SG); wide-area control
topics (OpenAlex): Smart Grid Security and Resilience; Information and Cyber Security; Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
TL;DR: The proposed methods are robust to time-varying model uncertainties and thus are suitable for long-term security investment in realistic NCSs and computationally efficient genetic algorithms (GAs) are used to compute the optimal strategies of the attacker and the defender in realistic large power systems. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: September 30, 2022

2022 article

Real-time Statistical Log Anomaly Detection with Continuous AIOps Learning

An, L., Tu, A.-J., Liu, X., & Akkiraju, R. (2022, January 1). Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science.

By: L. An* , A. Tu*, X. Liu * & R. Akkiraju*

Contributors: L. An* 

author keywords: AI for IT Operations; Log Anomaly Detection; Online Statistical Learning; Error Entity Extraction; Continuous Model Updating
topics (OpenAlex): Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications; Network Security and Intrusion Detection; Artificial Immune Systems Applications
TL;DR: A new online log anomaly detection algorithm which is able to continuously update the Log Anomaly Detection model at run-time and automatically avoid potential biased model caused by contaminated log data is described. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: October 5, 2022

2020 article proceedings

A Stackelberg Security Investment Game for Voltage Stability of Power Systems

By: L. An n , A. Chakrabortty n  & A. Duel-Hallen n 

Contributors: L. An n 

topics (OpenAlex): Smart Grid Security and Resilience; Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis; Power System Optimization and Stability
TL;DR: A modified Backward Induction method is proposed to find a cost-based Stackelberg equilibrium (CBSE) of the game, which saves the players’ costs while providing the optimal allocation of both players' investment resources under budget and covertness constraints. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: ORCID, Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 2, 2021

2019 article

A Distributed and Resilient Bargaining Game for Weather-Predictive Microgrid Energy Cooperation

An, L., Duan, J., Chow, M.-Y., & Duel-Hallen, A. (2019, March 25). IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 15, pp. 4721–4730.

By: L. An n , J. Duan n, M. Chow n & A. Duel-Hallen n 

author keywords: Bargaining game; distributed energy management; malicious users; microgrid security; residential cooperation; stochastic renewable generation (RG)
topics (OpenAlex): Smart Grid Energy Management; Microgrid Control and Optimization; Optimal Power Flow Distribution
TL;DR: It is shown that the proposed game is resilient to malicious users’ attempts to avoid payment of their fair share of the overall bill. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 26, 2019

2017 article

Distributed multi-step power scheduling and cost allocation for cooperative microgrids

An, L., Duan, J., Zhang, Y., Chow, M.-Y., & Duel-Hallen, A. (2017, July 1). 2017 Ieee Power & Energy Society General Meeting, pp. 1–5.

By: L. An n , J. Duan n, Y. Zhang  n, M. Chow n & A. Duel-Hallen n 

topics (OpenAlex): Microgrid Control and Optimization; Smart Grid Energy Management; Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
TL;DR: This work extends the previously proposed multi-step cooperative distributed energy scheduling (CoDES) algorithm to include both purchasing power from and selling the generated power to the main grid and model the microgrid as a multi-agent system where the agents act as players in a cooperative game. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: NC State University Libraries, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 article

Energy Efficiency of Base Station Deployment in Ultra Dense HetNets: A Stochastic Geometry Analysis

Zhang, T., Zhao, J., An, L., & Liu, D. (2016, January 8). IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, Vol. 5, pp. 184–187.

By: T. Zhang *, J. Zhao *, L. An n  & D. Liu *

author keywords: Energy efficiency; HetNets; stochastic geometry; ultra dense networks
topics (OpenAlex): Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Cooperative Communication and Network Coding; Satellite Communication Systems
TL;DR: The simulation validates the accuracy of the theoretical analysis, and demonstrates that the energy efficiency maximization can be achieved by the optimized BS deployment, and the closed-form energy efficiency with respect to the BS deployment is derived. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 article

Stochastic geometry based energy-efficient base station density optimization in cellular networks

An, N. L., Zhang, N. T., & Feng, N. C. (2015, March 1). 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC).

By: N. An* , N. Zhang * & N. Feng*

topics (OpenAlex): Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Advanced Wireless Network Optimization; Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
TL;DR: This study reveals that the network energy efficiency can be improved by deploying the suitable amount of BSs or switching on/off proportion of the BSs according to the network load, and the maximum energy efficiency is a fixed value once the network parameters are given. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2019

2014 article

Aggregate interference statistical modeling and user outage analysis of heterogeneous cellular networks

Zhang, T., An, L., Chen, Y., & Chai, K. K. (2014, June 1). 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC).

By: T. Zhang *, L. An* , Y. Chen * & K. Chai *

topics (OpenAlex): Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Cooperative Communication and Network Coding; Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
TL;DR: This work proposes an aggregate interference statistical model based on truncated-stable distribution which provides essential understanding of interference of HCNs and gives insights which can facilitate system performance analysis and interference management. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2019

2014 article

An analytical model for TDMA-based MAC protocols in VANETs

An, L., Zou, R., Liu, Z., Hu, Z., & Niu, Q. (2014, September 1). 2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC).

By: L. An* , R. Zou *, Z. Liu *, Z. Hu * & Q. Niu*

topics (OpenAlex): Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs); Mobile Ad Hoc Networks; Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
TL;DR: Three performance metrics for TDMA protocols in VANETs, namely the average reservation delay, slot utility ratio and slot available duration, are introduced and evaluated analytically and by simulations and some important observations are obtained for the future design and enhancement ofTDMA protocols. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2019

2014 article

An energy efficient user association scheme based on cell sleeping in LTE heterogeneous networks

Zhu, Y., Zeng, Z., Zhang, T., An, L., & Xiao, L. (2014, September 1). 2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC).

By: Y. Zhu *, Z. Zeng *, T. Zhang *, L. An*  & L. Xiao*

topics (OpenAlex): Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Advanced Wireless Network Optimization; Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
TL;DR: The proposed energy efficient user association scheme based on cell sleeping of small cell networks with LTE heterogeneous network with mixed macro cells and small cells with Quantum particle swarm optimization (QPSO) is proposed to give a sub-optimal solution for the user association optimization problem. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2019

2014 article

Joint optimization for base station density and user association in energy-efficient cellular networks

An, L., Zhang, T., & Feng, C. (2014, September 1). 2014 International Symposium on Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC).

By: L. An* , T. Zhang * & C. Feng *

topics (OpenAlex): Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization; Advanced Wireless Network Optimization; Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
TL;DR: This study reveals that when the right amount of BSs is deployed according to the network load, the network energy efficiency can be maximized and the maximum energy efficiency is a fixed value once the network parameters are given. (via Semantic Scholar)
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 27, 2019

Education

Updated: August 26th, 2019 12:21

2015 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC, US
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering

2012 - 2015

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Beijing, Beijing, CN
Master Information and Communications

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