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{\large \bf Summary of NPAC and NMPC Deliverables}

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{\bf Meetings}

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\item NPAC faculty, research staff and graduate students associated with this
      work will meet with NMPC staff and consultants for one to three meetings,
      as required, each month to review progress, discuss problem areas and
      discoveries, and for general information exchange.

\item NMPC will arrange for appropriate application area personnel to meet with
      NPAC researchers in order to conduct the study and evaluation program,
      acquire knowledge for the expert system,
      and to provide software, data, and other requirements for the 
      contingency evaluation and transient stability analysis package.
\end{itemize}


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{\bf Reports}

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\item Progress reports will be delivered by NPAC to NMPC at the end of
      each month. These reports will outline the status of each of the 
      five main research and development areas:

      \begin{enumerate}
      \item Unit Commitment
      \item Contingency Evaluation
      \item Transient Stability Analysis
      \item Parallel Sparse Matrix Algorithms
      \item User Interface and Expert System
      \end{enumerate}
 
      We will also report on the status of our research into computational
      issues for the above areas, and on the survey of applications of HPC
      in the utility industry.

      A work plan and goals for the following month will also be included.

\item A final report for the study and evaluation phase 
      will be delivered by NPAC to NMPC at the end of 6 months. 
      The report will include 
      detailed descriptions of the following items for each of the five
      research and development areas listed above:
      \begin{itemize}
      \item Theoretical background. 
      \item Research issues and new results.
      \item Methods and algorithms used. 
      \item Computational issues, including parallel algorithms, \\
	    languages, software and hardware.
      \end{itemize}
      The report will also include: 
      \begin{itemize}
      \item An analysis of different DAE and sparse matrix solvers for
	    power systems applications.
      \item A general survey of the role of High Performance Computing \\
	    and parallel processing in the utility industry.
      \end{itemize}

\item A final report for the proof-of-concept phase will be delivered by
      NPAC to NMPC at the end of 9 months. This will include software for
      the research and development prototype system for unit commitment, 
      contingency evaluation and transient stability analysis. 
      The report will also include: 
      \begin{itemize}
      \item Details of the design and implementation of the system. 
      \item Benchmarking of different software and hardware.
      \item Evaluation of the performance of the system. 
      \item Feasibility study on the use of an expert system for fast \\
	    analysis of transient stability data.
      \item Documentation for the prototype software, including a user \\
	    guide and reference manual detailing the major subroutines.
      \item Recommendations for the design, hardware and software for \\
	    the system to be developed in the production phase. 
      \item An analysis of a possible consortium of corporate partners \\
	    for development of the prototype system into a product.
      \end{itemize}

\end{itemize}

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% \item NPAC will retain ownership rights to all software developed during
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% \item NMPC will have unlimited access to all software developed during
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