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Also, for anyone who wants to learn about the ins and outs of mathematical optimization (what this program does), here is an excellent free resource:
https://web.stanford.edu/~boyd/cvxbook/
Also check out Nocedal and Wright for more numerical stuff, and all of Bertsekas's books for more theory.
IMO, optimization for power systems is its own subfield with its own quirks, i.e. I am not well-informed about it other than that I know they typically use Newton's method or something derived from it if you read either of the two linked books. However, optimization is a general technique which should be a part of any economy at scale. I.e. revolutionaries should unironically learn optimization if you have the time to do so.
what do you think all the factorio and Victoria 3 ive been playing are for? fun?
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