power systems tools made beautiful
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**Minpower** is an open source toolkit for 
:doc:`students<students>` and :doc:`researchers<researchers>` in power systems.
It is designed to make working with :doc:`ED <economic-dispatch>`,
:doc:`OPF <optimal-power-flow>`, and :doc:`UC <unit-commitment>` problems
:doc:`simple and intuitive<why-minpower>`. The goal is to foster :doc:`collaboration<collaborate>`
with other :doc:`researchers<researchers>` and to make learning easier for :doc:`students<students>`.


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    To solve a problem:
    
        ``minpower mycommitment/``
    

**Minpower** creates great visualizations too, like this one for :doc:`UC <unit-commitment>`:
    
    ..  image:: ./_static/commitment-demo.png
        :width: 500 px



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    Installation:

    * ``pip install minpower``
    * use with your favorite solver



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    :maxdepth: 3
    
    why-minpower
    install

.. toctree::

    basic-use
    creating-problems

.. toctree::
    
    students
    researchers

.. toctree::
    
    economic-dispatch
    optimal-power-flow
    unit-commitment
    
.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    
    api/index

.. toctree::
    
    collaborate
    about