ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,983, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"Method for generating a reduced equivalent model of an electric power network for SCED and SCUC applications" was invented by Rui Bo (Rolla, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a model of an electric power network comprises receiving a description of an electric power network, the electric power network including a plurality of interconnected nodes; selecting a plurality of electric power network branches of focus from the description of the electric power network; generating a plurality of electric power networ...