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Transitions from Analog to Digital Computing in Electric Power Systems
- IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
- IEEE Computer Society
- Volume 37, Number 3, July-September 2015
- pp. 32-43
- Article
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Before World War II electric utilities adopted analog computing apparatus for various power system calculations and controls, but many made a slow transition to digital computing after the war. This article examines why power companies embraced the “old” for many years before turning to the “new” for economy loading, a persistent and increasingly important concern.