A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Interpretable Cyberattack Detection in AGC Systems
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| author | Jilan, Jehad Nambiar, Niranjana Naveen Saber, Ahmad Mohammad Paranjape, Alok Youssef, Amr Kundur, Deepa |
| author_facet | Jilan, Jehad Nambiar, Niranjana Naveen Saber, Ahmad Mohammad Paranjape, Alok Youssef, Amr Kundur, Deepa |
| contents | Automatic Generation Control (AGC) is essential for power grid stability but remains vulnerable to stealthy cyberattacks, such as False Data Injection Attacks (FDIAs), which can disturb the system's stability while evading traditional detection methods. Unlike previous works that relied on blackbox approaches, this work proposes Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) as an interpretable and accurate method for FDIA detection in AGC systems, considering the system nonlinearities. KAN models include a method for extracting symbolic equations, and are thus able to provide more interpretability than the majority of machine learning models. The proposed KAN is trained offline to learn the complex nonlinear relationships between the AGC measurements under different operating scenarios. After training, symbolic formulas that describe the trained model's behavior can be extracted and leveraged, greatly enhancing interpretability. Our findings confirm that the proposed KAN model achieves FDIA detection rates of up to 95.97% and 95.9% for the initial model and the symbolic formula, respectively, with a low false alarm rate, offering a reliable approach to enhancing AGC cybersecurity. |
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| spellingShingle | A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Interpretable Cyberattack Detection in AGC Systems Jilan, Jehad Nambiar, Niranjana Naveen Saber, Ahmad Mohammad Paranjape, Alok Youssef, Amr Kundur, Deepa Machine Learning Cryptography and Security Systems and Control Automatic Generation Control (AGC) is essential for power grid stability but remains vulnerable to stealthy cyberattacks, such as False Data Injection Attacks (FDIAs), which can disturb the system's stability while evading traditional detection methods. Unlike previous works that relied on blackbox approaches, this work proposes Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) as an interpretable and accurate method for FDIA detection in AGC systems, considering the system nonlinearities. KAN models include a method for extracting symbolic equations, and are thus able to provide more interpretability than the majority of machine learning models. The proposed KAN is trained offline to learn the complex nonlinear relationships between the AGC measurements under different operating scenarios. After training, symbolic formulas that describe the trained model's behavior can be extracted and leveraged, greatly enhancing interpretability. Our findings confirm that the proposed KAN model achieves FDIA detection rates of up to 95.97% and 95.9% for the initial model and the symbolic formula, respectively, with a low false alarm rate, offering a reliable approach to enhancing AGC cybersecurity. |
| title | A Kolmogorov-Arnold Network for Interpretable Cyberattack Detection in AGC Systems |
| topic | Machine Learning Cryptography and Security Systems and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.05259 |