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Title: Sorta Solving the OPF by Not Solving the OPF: DAE Control Theory and the Price of Realtime Regulation
Award ID(s):
2152450 2151571
PAR ID:
10412083
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2023
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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