Concise Encyclopedia of Modelling and Simulation

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Selected Articles: Abstract realization theory. Aggregation, chained. Aggregation: model reduction. Automatic modelling of three-dimensional objects. Bayes' rule. Causality. Chaotic behavior. Closed-loop systems. Cognition. Combined discrete and continuous models: firmware. Comparison systems. Composite systems. Constraints. Data. Databases. Deterministic systems. Differential equations. Digraphs. Distributed parameter systems. Emulation and microprogramming. Entropy. Exogenous variables. Feedback loops. Finite-difference method. Finite-element method. Flexible manufacturing systems. Forecasts. Fuzzy models. Hypotheses. Identification. Identification: correlation methods. Identification: pseudorandom signal method. Information processing. Integrodifferential systems. Kalman filters. Laplace transforms. Linear systems: Kronecker canonical forms and invariants. Markov processes. Mechanical systems simulation. Model-based fault diagnosis. Modelling of industrial robots. Nonlinear effects and their modelling. Nuclear reactor modelling. Object-oriented simulation. Observability. Open-loop systems. Outputs. Parameters. Partial differential equation models: numerical solution. Petri nets. Polynomial matrices in systems theory. Project management: network models. Reliability. Servovalves, electrohydraulic. Simulation languages. Singular systems. Smith--McMillan canonical forms for rational matrices. Stochastic processes. Taxonomy. Time horizons. Transfer functions. Truncation. Validation of identified models. Verification. Vibrations and vehicle dynamics. Wave propagation in periodic structures. Workshop dynamic modelling.