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


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{\bf Meetings}

\begin{itemize}
\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 needs.

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


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{\bf Reports}

\begin{itemize}
\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}

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

\item A more detailed status report for the study and evaluation phase 
      will be delivered by NPAC to NMPC at the end of 6 months. 

\item A final report on the results of the study phase will be delivered by
      NPAC to NMPC at the end of 9 months. 
      This will contain a comparison of different DAE and sparse matrix
      solvers, details of the prototype software, and recommendations for 
      the design, hardware and software for the system to be developed in 
      the production phase. 

\item Detailed status reports for the production phase will be delivered 
      by NPAC to NMPC at the end of 15 and 21 months.

\item The final report on the production system will be delivered by 
      NPAC to NMPC at the end of the production phase, 
      estimated to be at the end of 27 months. 
      The exact time for completion of the product will depend on the results 
      of the study phase and the timely availability of externally provided 
      software, and will be determined at the end of the study phase. 
      The final report will include a survey of the role of high performance 
      computing and parallel processing in the utility industry. 
      
\item The final reports at the end of each phase will include detailed
      descriptions of the following items for each of the five research and 
      development areas listed above:
      \begin{enumerate}
      \item Theoretical background. 
      \item Research issues and new results.
      \item Methods and algorithms used. 
      \item Computational issues, including parallel algorithms, \\
	    languages, software and hardware.
      \item Design and implementation of the system. 
      \item Evaluation of the performance of the system. 
      \end{enumerate}

\end{itemize}


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{\bf Products}

\begin{itemize}
\item A commercial package for on-line contingency evaluation and transient 
      % Commercial packages for unit commitment and 
      % on-line contingency evaluation and transient 
      stability analysis on a scalable parallel computer, including software
      and documentation, will be delivered by NPAC to NMPC at the end of the 
      production phase. Documentation will include:
      \begin{enumerate}
      \item Descriptions of the theory, algorithms, design, implementation,
	    and performance of all aspects of the system, 
	    which will be contained in the final report.
      \item User guides describing the use of the system.
      \item Reference manuals detailing all the major programs and 
	    subroutines in the system, their data formats, 
	    and details of how the programs are incorporated with other NMPC
	    software such as that from STAG and PTI.
      \end{enumerate}

\item NPAC will provide initial training for NMPC staff in use of the new 
      system.

\item NMPC will fund the hardware for the production system to be installed
      at NMPC.

\item NPAC will retain rights to the parallel DAE and sparse matrix solvers 
      developed during the project.

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%       solvers developed during the project in other applications.

\end{itemize}

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