Translation of large data bases for microcomputer-based application software: methodology and a case study

Author

Smolleck, Howard A. ; Ranade, Satish J. ; Kindel, Barbara E. ; Malone, Dennis ; Kirk, Landing R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA

Volume

2

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

40

Lastpage

45

Abstract

The authors report on the recent application of a versatile database management system to the mainframe-resident transmission system planning program NUPLAN (Northeast Utilities Transmission Expansion Program), which has been updated and converted for microcomputer use. Included are the extensive uses of the dBASE III PLUS database management system for processing input data from large files and the development of a versatile, interactive format. The data-management program has been successfully used to process an actual power-flow database containing approximately 2500 buses and 4200 lines. A second application of database management, in a project concerned with the evaluation of the effects of pulsed loads resulting from high-energy particle physics experiments, is briefly described.<>

Keywords

microcomputer applications; power engineering computing; power system planning; relational databases; software packages; transmission networks; NUPLAN; dBASE III PLUS; database management system; microcomputer-based application software; power engineering computing; power system planning; power-flow database; pulsed loads; software packages; transmission system; Application software; Computer aided software engineering; Energy management; Kirk field collapse effect; Microcomputers; Protocols; Runtime; Software development management; Software maintenance; Software packages;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/67.31831

Filename

31831