Quantitative reliability assessment of photovoltaic (PV) power system is an indispensable technology to assure reliable and utility-friendly integration of PV generation. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art technologies for evaluating the reliability of large-scale PV systems and the effect...

Committees improve decisions by pooling independent information of members, but promote manipulation, obfuscation, and exaggeration of private evidence when members have conflicting preferences. We study how self-interest mediates these conflicting forces. When members' preferences differ, no...