Power stability methods for parallel systems

Parallel-Processing Systems are already commercially available. This paper shows that if one of them - the Alternating Sequential Parallel, or ASP system - is applied to network stability calculations it will lead to a higher speed of solution. The ASP system is first described and is then shown to be cheaper, more reliable and available than other parallel systems. Also, no deadlock need be feared and the speedup is normally very high. A number of ASP systems were already assembled (the SMS systems, Topps, DIRMU etc.). At present, an IBM Local Area Network is being modified so that it too can work in the ASP mode. Existing ASP systems were programmed in Fortran or assembly language. Since newer systems (e.g. DIRMU) are programmed in Modula-2, this language can be used. Stability analysis is based on solving nonlinear differential and algebraic equations. The algorithm for solving the nonlinear differential equations on ASP, is described and programmed in Modula-2. The speedup is computed and is shown to be almost optimal