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Contents

Preface xi

1 Objective and Motivation 1
1.1 Introduction 1

2 Principles of Modelling and Simulation 5
2.1 Introduction 5
2.2 Model Categories 8
2.3 Fields of Application 9
2.3.1 Introduction 9
2.3.2 Bottom-up design 9
2.3.3 Top-down design 10
2.3.4 Relationship of design strategies to modelling 12
2.3.5 Modelling for the speciﬁcation 12
2.3.6 Modelling for the design 13
2.4 Model Development 14
2.4.1 Introduction 14
2.4.2 Structural modelling 16
2.4.3 Physical modelling 18
2.4.4 Experimental modelling 20
2.5 Model Veriﬁcation and Validation 24
2.5.1 Introduction 24
2.5.2 Model veriﬁcation 24
2.5.3 Model validation 27
2.6 Model Simpliﬁcation 32
2.7 Simulators and Simulation 33
2.7.1 Introduction 33
2.7.2 Circuit simulation 33
2.7.3 Logic simulation 34
2.7.4 Multibody simulation 35
2.7.5 Block diagram simulation 36

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