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The paper is published in Chaos. Please refer to the Chaos version from now on. Anna B\"uttner, Anton Plietzsch, Mehrnaz Anvari, Frank Hellmann; A framework for synthetic power system dynamics. Chaos 1 August 2023; 33 (8): 083120.…
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