“…This artifact renders the joint DSR and OPF problem infeasible in various practical cases. Consider for example a network with 5 nodes, lines E = {(1, 2), (2, 3), (2,4), (2,5), (3,5), (4, 5)}, and switches in E R = {(2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5)}. Suppose that only one switch must be closed in order to obtain a radial network, and this switch is the one on line (2,3).…”