Where we stand (power system computer applications)

The author describes power-system computer applications from the viewpoint of network-related simulation He examines the development of techniques for power system network analysis. He contends that the ability to do calculations has surpassed the ability to manage the data, and that the task now is update data systems to work with the more extensive data needed by current programs and to move away from the use of derived parameter values toward the use of original data. He bases his argument on the idea that many different analytical functions will make use of the databases and that each will use the original data in mathematical models that are appropriate for itself.<>