In the field of power systems one of the most exciting and potentially profitable recent developments is the increasing use of artificial intelligence techniques in monitoring@ control and assessment. As a result of this@ it was felt timely for a series of related articles to be put together to form a comprehensive guide which can serve as a reference text in the area. This book certainly serves as such a text. The intention of the book is to give an introduction to@ and an overview of@ the field of artificial intelligence techniques in power systems@ with a look at various application studies. The book should therefore be useful to a range of readers; including practising power systems engineers@ researchers in the field and those studying the use of artificial intelligence. In its entirety the book gives an up-to-date@ broad coverage of the possible uses of artificial intelligence in a power systems environment@ as well as an indication of recent research progress. The book could easily be used as a comprehensive text giving a fair coverage of different aspects of the field or rather in terms of the individual chapters@ each of which deals with a specific topic in depth. The intention is that the book is of use as much to those from a power systems background who wish to find out about how artificial intelligence techniques could be of use@ as it is to those from an artificial intelligence background who would like to find out more about the specific power systems application area. Author(s) Kevin Warwick@ Arthur Ekwue@ Raj Aggarwal