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About pandapower
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pandapower combines the data analysis library `pandas <http://pandas.pydata.org>`_ and the power flow solver `PYPOWER <https:/pypi.python.org/pypi/PYPOWER>`_ to create an easy to use network calculation program
aimed at automation of analysis and optimization in power systems.

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More information about pandapower can be found on `www.pandapower.org <https://www.pandapower.org>`_.

About pandapower:

- `Power System Modeling <https://www.pandapower.org/about/#modeling>`_
- `Power System Analysis <https://www.pandapower.org/about/#analysis>`_
- `Citing pandapower <https://www.pandapower.org/references/>`_

Getting Started:

- `Installation Notes <https://www.pandapower.org/start/>`_
- `Minimal Example <https://www.pandapower.org/start/#a-short-introduction->`_
- `Interactive Tutorials <https://www.pandapower.org/start/#interactive-tutorials->`_
- `Contributing to pandapower <https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/blob/develop/CONTRIBUTING.rst>`_

If you are interested in the newest pandapower developments, subscribe to our `mailing list <https://www.pandapower.org/contact/#list>`_!

pandapower is a joint development of the research group of the Department for Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems (e2n), University of Kassel and the Department for Distribution System
Operation at the Fraunhofer Institute for Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE), Kassel.

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    about/units
    about/update30
    about/update20
    about/authors
    about/changelog
    about/license
    about/contributing
    about/deprecating