A low-cost pc-oriented virtual environment for operator training

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 829-835

  Tam, E K ^a,b   Maurel, C ^a,b   Desbiens, P ^a,b   Marceau, R J ^a,b   Malowany, A S ^a,b   Granger, L ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

OPERATOR TRAINING SIMULATOR;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 0032139738     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/59.708691     Document Type: Article

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