Patent ID: 6243663
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A method for simulating on a computer the physical behavior of a physical system, comprising the steps of:a) generating a description of the physical system and the physical laws controlling the physical properties of the physical system in terms of a well-posed problem in generalized function theory for the behavior of a set of system variables and a set of system parameters;b) converting the well-posed problem into a hyperreal well-posed problem by steps comprising extending system variables and system parameters into the hyperreal number system;c) discretizing the hyperreal well-posed problem by steps comprising replacing infinitesimal and hyperreal infinite system variables and parameters with small and large real numbers, respectively; and,d) approximating the physical behavior of the physical system by steps comprising creating a software implementation of the discretized hyperreal well-posed problem, mounting said software implementation on a suitable electronic computer, and operating said computer so as to perform said approximation.