C.S. Ikpeazu , E.C. Obinabo , Linear Programming Decomposition of Real Power Dispatch in Power System Control, International Journal of Electrical and Power Engineering, Volume 3,Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6, ISSN 1990-7958, ijepe.2009.1.6, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijepe.2009.1.6) Abstract: This study presents, a framework for decomposing strongly interacting complex electric power systems to controllable sub-units using the development of linear programming. The proposed algorithm relies on a characteristic subsystem description, which reduces the complex power plant to a set of scalar representations and provides the user with the same control flexibility as that associated with single-input single-output system configuration. Keywords: Real power dispatch;strongly interacting power systems;linear programming decomposition;complex large-scale plants