Facilitating engineering analysis via a graphical database

Author

Yu, David C. ; Flinn, Dennis G. ; Krieger, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Wisconsin Univ., Milwaukee, WI, USA

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

370

Lastpage

375

Abstract

The advent of Microsoft Windows and other graphical user interface (GUI) platforms has ushered in a host of “visual” applications that greatly simplify the task of data entry, as compared to conventional methods. This paper describes a unique Windows GUI application that enables an engineer to draw a one-line diagram, interactively enter bus end device parameters into dialog box fields, and then save this data to a power systems database. This innovative method of “visually” entering data into a power systems database is a significant addition to the one-line drawing capabilities of this application. In addition, the application makes extensive use of Windows features which enhance the robustness of the software from both the developer´s and user´s viewpoint

Keywords

database management systems; digital simulation; graphical user interfaces; power system analysis computing; GUI; Microsoft Windows; bus end device parameters; dialog box fields; engineering analysis; graphical database; graphical user interface; one-line diagram; platforms; power systems database; robustness; software; visual data entry; Circuits; Data engineering; Kernel; Libraries; Power engineering and energy; Power system dynamics; Power system modeling; Power systems; Relational databases; Visual databases;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.373958

Filename

373958