Author(s): B. W. Karney; D. Radulj
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Abstract: Both new sensors and new data processing technologies allow alternate approaches to system assessment, ones that are more strongly based on measured performance and less dependent or a priori modeled behaviour. This paper reviews the limitations of conventional design and briefly outlines a possible data-rich approach to design, one that characterizes loading in terms of a more probabilistic or holistic framework. Such an approach is particularly desirable – and likely more suitable – for transient events in truly complex supply and distribution systems. To be ultimately satisfying, it will be necessary to relate the extracted statistical behaviour to key performance issues and to the key variables influencing design.
Year: 2009