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Title: Smart Grids Volt-VAR Frequency Control: A Smart Building Distributed Model Predictive Control Based Approach
Award ID(s):
1646229
PAR ID:
10294516
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2020 52nd North American Power Symposium (NAPS)
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 6
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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