Power system modelling and sparse matrix operations using object-oriented programming

Author

Hakavik, B. ; Holen, A.T.

Author_Institution

Div. of Electr. Power Eng., Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

9

Issue

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1045

Lastpage

1051

Abstract

This paper reports on power system modelling and sparse matrix operations using object-oriented programming (OOP). It has been claimed that OOP leads to more flexible, modular and reusable code, and that programs can be written more generally. The main focus of the paper is OOP design principles and practical implementations for power systems. Specific examples included demonstration of a power system model design, particularly focusing on OOP mechanisms and object-oriented style of programming. Also demonstrated, using OOP, are tailor-made sparse matrix storage schemes and operations. Numerical tests indicate that the proposed design is efficient compared to standard numerical library routines, and that the particular OOP features that are used to obtain flexibility etc. do not significantly increase computation time

Keywords

digital simulation; matrix algebra; object-oriented programming; power system analysis computing; computation time; design; flexibility; numerical library routines; object-oriented programming; power system modelling; sparse matrix operations; Medical services; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Power system faults; Power system modeling; Power system security; Software design; Software systems; Sparse matrices; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.317627

Filename

317627