Patent ID: 7219047

Claim:
A method of simulation of a modeled system, comprising: evaluating the modeled system in response to stimuli at a first time, to produce a subsequent state of the modeled system corresponding to a second time, determining whether the modeled system is in a non-quiescent steady-state condition at the second time, and if the modeled system is not in the non-quiescent steady-state condition: evaluating the modeled system from the second time and beyond, based on the subsequent state; and if the modeled system is in the non-quiescent steady-state condition: defining an initial state of the modeled system at a skip-ahead time that differs from the second time, based on the non-quiescent steady-state condition, and evaluating the modeled system from the skip-ahead time and beyond, based on the initial state, wherein the non-quiescent steady-state condition includes: at least one substantial change within the modeled system between the first time and the second time, and a prediction state from which the initial state is determined.