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HAL: A Centralized Multi-Agent Large Language Model System for Reliable Natural Language Hybrid Data Query and Decision Support in Power Grid Command Centers
Command centers of modern power transmission and distribution systems ingest massive heterogeneous data -
structured measurements e.g., Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition ( SCADA), topological models Geographic
Information System (GIS), and unstructured operational logs -creating a critical challenge for timely, accurate, and
explainable decision support. Existing single -tool or siloed approaches fail to jointly interpret natural language queries over
hybrid data while ensuring reliability and traceability. This study introduces Hybrid Data Agent (HAL), a centralized multi -
agent Large Language Model (LLM) s ystem designed for natural language hybrid data querying and decision support in
power grid command environments. HAL employs an LLM -based central coordinator to decompose user queries into subtasks
and dispatch them to specialized expert agents -such as St ructured Query Language (SQL) execution, semantic document
retrieval, time -series anomaly detection, and causality reasoning -then fuses their outputs into coherent, verified responses. The
system is evaluated on a high -fidelity simulated benchmark reflecti ng realistic grid operational scenarios, including electrical -
physical events (e.g., current surges and protection switching). Comparative experiments against baselines (generic LLM
agents and traditional pipelines) show that HAL substantially improves que ry success rate, answer accuracy, and robustness,
while maintaining explainability via structured “think -act -observe” execution logs. Contributions include: 1) a distributed yet
centrally coordinated architecture combining LLM planning with deterministic d omain tools; 2) a hybrid data fusion
mechanism aligning structured and unstructured evidence for natural language interfaces; 3) an explainable decision support
engine tailored to power grid command centers. HAL reduces cognitive load on operators, acceler ates fault diagnosis, and
strengthens real -time operational intelligence, making it suitable for deployment in intelligent information systems for critical
infrastructure.
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