Title :
An introduction to open-source linear algebra tools and parallelisation for power system applications
Author :
De Rybel, Tom ; Tomim, Marcelo ; Singh, Arvind ; Martí, José R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Abstract :
This paper presents a number of commonly used, open-source libraries for numerically intensive computations. Basic guidelines for the construction of a cluster based on off-the-shelf personal computers will also be given. Examples of the solution algorithms and performance gains achievable in solving some typical power system problems, both in a single machine as well as in a distributed environment, will also be demonstrated.
Keywords :
linear algebra; power engineering computing; power system simulation; off-the-shelf personal computers; open-source linear algebra tools; power system application parallelisation; Clustering algorithms; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Libraries; Linear algebra; Open source software; Power engineering and energy; Power system simulation; Power systems; distributed algorithms; distributed computing; linear algebra; message passing; parallel computing; power system simulation; sparse matrices;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Power Conference, 2008. EPEC 2008. IEEE Canada
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2894-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2895-3
DOI :
10.1109/EPC.2008.4763372
