Title: Modeling and simulation /
Authors: Bossel, Hartmut.
Date: 1994
Publisher: A.K. Peters ;
Physical description: xvi, 484 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. +
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: 1. Systems and Models. 1.1. Tasks of Model Construction and Simulation. 1.2. Dynamic Models and Model Development. 1.3. Fundamental Properties of Systems. 1.4. Fundamental Properties of Models -- 2. Structure. 2.1. Developing the Influence Diagram. 2.2. Differentiation of the Model Concept. 2.3. Simulation and Model Behavior. 2.4. Summary of Important Results -- 3. System State. 3.1. System Elements and Basic System Structure. 3.2. System State and State Computation. 3.3. Some Elementary Systems and Their Behavior. 3.4. Dimensional Analysis. 3.5. Model Development for the Rotating Pendulum. 3.6. Model Development for a Fishing System. 3.7. Nondimensional Model Equations and System Similarity. 3.8. Summary of Important Results -- 4. Behavior. 4.1. Simulator for a Standard Programming Language: SIMPAS. 4.2. Simulation of Rotating Pendulum Dynamics Using SIMPAS. 4.3. Simulation of Fishery Dynamics with SIMPAS. 4.4. Graphic-interactive Simulation Environment: STELLA. 4.5. Summary of Important Results -- 5. Choice and Design. 5.1. Criteria and Evaluation of System Behavior. 5.2. Path Analysis. 5.3. Policy Analysis. 5.4. System Design. 5.5. Summary of Important Results -- 6. Systems Zoo. 6.1. Dynamic Systems with One State Variable. 6.2. Dynamic Systems with Two State Variables. 6.3. Dynamic Systems with Three or Four State Variables -- 7. Mathematical Systems Analysis. 7.1. State Equations of Dynamic Systems. 7.2. Matrix Operations for Linear Dynamic Systems. 7.3. Behavior and Stability of Linear Systems in Unforced Motion. 7.4. Behavior of Linear Systems in Forced Motion. 7.5. Behavior and Stability of Non-linear Dynamic Systems. 7.6. Summary of Important Results -- Appendix: Program Listings.
Notes: System requirements for computer disk: IBM-compatible PC; DOS. Source code in TurboPascal.
Subject headings (LCSH): Digital computer simulation; Mathematical models.