AUTOMAtICSECTIONALIZATION OFPOWERSYSTEMNETWORKSFORNETWORK SOLUTIONS

Thispaperdescribes amethodfortheautomatic optimized sectionalization ofpowertransmission networks asrequired forthe application ofpiecewise solution techniques. Theoptimality criterionistheminimization ofthetotal computer corememoryrequirementforstorage ofthenetwork impedance oradmittance matrices. A successive approximation dynamic programming technique is usedtogenerate theoptimized sectionalization.