Unit commitment by dynamic programming method

Unit commitment based on an advanced forward DP technique. The user can choose to keep track of more than one predecessor (or even all) thus overcoming the drawback of DP method that it cannot "see" the optimal solution in some cases.
Program constraints are min. and max. power output of generators, their min. up and down times, ramp rates, required reserve. Start-up costs can be constant (cold), hot/cold or exponential. Production cost function can be either linear or quadratic. The results can be printed in summarized or in detailed form. Program works in time resolution of 1 hour.