Simulink Matlab applications program in power system: Study of effect of simulink matlab program acceptance in power system analysis

The Simulink Matlab application program in electrical power system analysis needs acceptance from its users. This research is purposed to investigate the effect of Simulink Matlab application program acceptance to power system analysis. This research uses a quantified approach. The sample of this research is 119 students using the Simulink Matlab application program to do power system analysis. The data is analyzed with path analysis with the Partial Least Square approach. The result shows that the perception of ease has a direct effect to the perception of usage, behavior, and intention to use the Simulink application program with the path coefficient of 0.581, 0.574, and 0.249 respectively; the perception of usage and easiness in the usage of the Simulink application program has a direct effect to behavior in using the Simulink application program with the path coefficient of 0.218 and 0.574 respectively; the behavior in using the Simulink application program has a direct effect to the intention in using the Simulink application program with the path coefficient of 0.581, and the intention in using Simulink application program has a direct effect to the usage of the real Simulink Matlab application program with the path coefficient of 0.491. This research concludes that the usage of the Simulink application program for power system analysis is affected by the easiness and the usage of the application as well as the attitude of users.