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referring now to the figures of the drawings in detail and first , particularly to fig1 thereof , there is shown a schematic illustration of a noisy system that is to be simulated . the system is described by a system model 1 , which is indicated as a box and describes the system behavior . the system behavior results from the input channels 2 , which are also designated as vector input and from the output channels 3 that are also designated as output . furthermore , a system - dictated noise is provided , which is present on noise input channels 4 and which is also designated as vector or as matrix noise . a matrix noise is present when the noise is taken into account with a plurality of channels , each column of the matrix noise containing a vector of noise values that are present on a noise input channel . the noise on the noise input channels 4 is , preferably , interpreted as a noise - dictated alteration of the system model 1 . the behavior of the input channels 2 and of the output channels 3 can be described by a system of differential equations or by a system of differential - algebraic equations to make possible reliable predictions of the system behavior . for each time step of the simulation of the system shown in fig1 a vector output of the output channels 3 is calculated for a vector input present on the input channels 2 and for a vector noise present on the noise input channels 4 . for the simulation over a relatively long period of time , the vectors input , output , noise are expediently specified as a matrix , a respective column k of the relevant matrix containing the values of the corresponding time series of the relevant input , output , noise . [ 0132 ] fig2 illustrates how a respective vector y k is attained that forms a column k of the matrix noise for the noise input channels 4 of the system model 1 . each vector y k serves for the simulation of a noise source . in a first step a desired spectral value β , an intensity constant const , and a window size d are defined . furthermore , the counter n of the present simulation time interval is set to a start value , which is assumed to be ( n ≧ d ) in the exemplary embodiment considered . the following sequence of computation steps is , then , carried out progressively for each simulation time step . firstly , the present simulation time step is defined . equivalently thereto , it is also possible to define the end of the present simulation time step , thereby producing the next point in time under consideration . afterward , the counter n of the present simulation time step is incremented by one . the covariance matrix c ( n ) of dimension ( d × d ) is subsequently determined according to equation ( 3 . 6 ). in the case ( n & gt ; d ), only the bottom right ( d × d )- sized window of the covariance matrix c ( n ) is determined . the variables i , j of equation ( 3 . 6 ) assume the values i , j =( n − d + 1 ), . . . , n in such a case . in the case ( n = d ), the entire covariance matrix c ( n ) is determined for the values i , j = 1 , . . . , n . during the determination of the covariance matrix c ( n ), recourse is had to the values of the (( d − 1 )×( d − 1 ))- sized window of the covariance matrix c ( n − 1 ) calculated during the previous iteration of the method steps , which window is disposed at the bottom right in the covariance matrix c ( n − 1 ). the values of such a window form the values disposed in the top left (( d − 1 )×( d − 1 ))- sized window in the covariance matrix c ( n ) that is to be newly determined . accordingly , in the recalculation , only the values of the last row and of the last column of the covariance matrix c ( n ) are explicitly recalculated . in the next step of the method according to the invention , the inverse b ( n ) of the covariance matrix c ( n ) is determined . this is calculated explicitly for the case ( n ≦ d ), for example , by a cholesky decomposition . for the case ( n & gt ; d ), the inverse b ( n ) is determined using schur complement techniques to increase the efficiency . in such a case , recourse is had to the variables c 22 ( n − 1 ), c 22 − 1 ( n − 1 ), c 12 t ( n − 1 ), b 22 ( n − 1 ), and b 12 ( n − 1 ) determined in the last iteration of the method steps . in the next two method steps , the auxiliary variables c 22 ( n ) and c 12 t ( n ) are determined from the covariance matrix c ( n ) using equation ( 3 . 11 ) and the auxiliary variables b 22 ( n ) and b 12 ( n ) are determined from the inverse b ( n ) using equation ( 3 . 12 ). the inverted submatrix c 22 − 1 ( n ) is determined by equation ( 3 . 15 ) using the auxiliary variables c 12 t ( n ), b 22 ( n ), and b 12 ( n ). this inverted submatrix c 22 − 1 ( n ) is required in the respective next iteration of the method steps for calculating the inverted covariance matrix b 22 ( n ). where sqrt designates the “ square root ” function and where e ( n , n ) designates that element of the inverted covariance matrix b ( n ) that is indexed by ( n , n ). in addition , a value of a ( 0 , 1 )- normally - distributed random variable x k is extracted and the vector x k of the normally distributed random numbers is , thereby , supplemented . the extracted random number has the expected value 0 and the variance 1 . this step is carried out for each noise source to be simulated . furthermore , a variable μ k is formed . it is formed , for ( n ≦ d ), from the first ( n − 1 ) components of the n - th row of the inverted covariance matrix b ( n ) and from the sequence of ( n − 1 ) 1 / f - distributed random numbers that were calculated for the preceding ( n − 1 ) simulation time steps . for ( n & gt ; d ), μ k is formed from the first ( d − 1 ) components of the n - th row of the inverted covariance matrix b ( n ) and from the sequence of the last ( d − 1 ) 1 / f - distributed random numbers that were calculated for the preceding ( n − 1 ) simulation time steps . for such a purpose , the procedure is in accordance with formula ( 3 . 9 ). this step is carried out separately , in the case of a plurality of noise sources k present , for each noise source k to be simulated . finally , that element of the matrix noise is calculated whose column index k specifies the noise source to be simulated and whose row index is equal to n . the present simulation time step is designated thereby . the presently calculated element r ( k , n ) of the matrix noise represents a random number that , together with the superjacent ( n − 1 ) elements of the same column k of noise , forms a vector y k of length n from 1 / f - distributed random numbers . such a vector y k serves for the simulation of one of the noise sources for the first n simulation time steps . each element y k of the n - th row of noise is , then , determined , based upon equations ( 3 . 7 )-( 3 . 9 ), from the last random number x k of the vector x and the variables μ k and σ , to be precise , according to the following specification : [ 0151 ] fig3 a to 3 f and 4 show the implementation of the method according to the invention based upon a concrete calculation example . in the calculation example , a sequence of random numbers that are based on random numbers of a 1 / f noise is generated . such a sequence of random numbers is stored in a vector y . the generation of these random numbers is , subsequently , carried out for the time steps t 0 = 0 . 000 , t 1 = 1 . 000 , t 2 = 1 . 500 , t 3 = 2 . 000 , t 4 = 2 . 750 , t 5 = 3 . 000 and t 6 = 4 . 000 . in this case , for the purpose of simple representation , after precise calculation , the calculated values are cut off after the third decimal place . for easier assignment of the vectors and matrices used , the index of the time step for which this variable was respectively calculated is specified in brackets in each case . thus , c ( 5 ) specifies the covariance matrix of the time step [ t 4 , t 5 ]=[ 2 . 750 , 3 . 000 ], which relates to the points in time t 0 , . . . , t 5 . in the calculation example , the value of the spectral value β is always assumed to be 0 . 5 . the value of the intensity constant const is arbitrarily assumed to be 1 . 0 , and d = 5 was used as the window size . [ 0154 ] fig3 a to 3 f show a calculation example for a simulation time step [ t 4 , t 5 ]=[ 2 . 750 , 3 . 000 ]. the 1 / f - distributed random numbers of the points in time t 1 , . . . , t 4 are assumed to be known in the following exemplary embodiment . [ 0156 ] fig3 a shows a covariance matrix c ( 5 ) of dimension ( n × n )=( 5 × 5 ) that is required for generating a further random number . the covariance matrix c ( 5 ) is determined according to equation ( 3 . 6 ). by way of example , this is carried out on the element c ( 5 , 4 ), that is to say c ( i , j ) where i = 5 and j = 4 . using equation ( 3 . 6 ), c ( 5 , 4 ) results as : 1 . 0 . ( - | t 4 - t 5  | 05 + 1  + | t 4 - 1 - t 5  | 05 + 1  + | t 4 - t 5 - 1  | 05 + 1  + | t 4 - 1 - t 5 - 1  | 05 + 1 ) = ( - | 2 . 750 - 3 . 000  | 15  + | 2 . 000 - 3 . 000  | 15  + | 2 . 750 - 2 . 750  | 15  - | 2 . 000 - 2 . 750  | 15 ) = - 0 . 125 + 1 + 0 - 0 . 649 = 0 . 225 in the next simulation step , the running variable n exceeds the window size d and , thus , the dimension of the covariance matrix c ( 6 ). accordingly , in fig3 b , 3c , 3 e , and 3 f , auxiliary parameters are determined that are required for the determination of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 6 ) of the next simulation time step n = 6 . [ 0160 ] fig3 b shows a vector c 12 t ( 5 ) determined from the covariance matrix c ( 5 ). the vector c 12 t ( 5 ) includes the second , third , fourth , and fifth elements of the first row of the covariance matrix c ( 5 ) and results from equation ( 3 . 11 ). [ 0161 ] fig3 c shows a submatrix c 22 ( 5 ) determined from the covariance matrix c ( 5 ). the submatrix c 22 ( 5 ) contains the elements of the (( d − 1 )×( d − 1 ))=( 4 × 4 )- sized window , which is disposed at the bottom right in the covariance matrix c ( 5 ). the submatrix c 22 ( 5 ) results from the covariance matrix c ( 5 ) using equation ( 3 . 11 ). [ 0162 ] fig3 d shows an inverted covariance matrix c − 1 ( 5 )= b ( 5 ) with respect to the covariance matrix c ( 5 ), which is designated exclusively as b ( 5 ) hereinafter . a check using equation ( 3 . 13 ) shows that matrix multiplication of the covariance matrix c ( 5 ) by the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) produces the unit matrix i d . in the present case , the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) was calculated explicitly from the covariance matrix c ( 5 ) using a cholesky decomposition ( not specifically illustrated here ). [ 0164 ] fig3 e shows a vector b 12 ( 5 ) determined from the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ). the vector b 12 ( 5 ) contains the second , third , fourth , and fifth elements of the first column of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ). the vector b 12 ( 5 ) results from the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) using equation ( 3 . 12 ). [ 0165 ] fig3 f shows a submatrix b 22 ( 5 ) of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) of fig3 d . this submatrix b 22 ( 5 ) includes those elements of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) that are contained in the bottom right window of dimension (( d − 1 )×( d − 1 ))=( 4 × 4 ) of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ). the submatrix b 22 ( 5 ) results from the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ) using equation ( 3 . 12 ). the variable σ can , then , be calculated from the element disposed at the bottom right in the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ), namely , the value b ( 5 ) 5 ; 5 = 4 . 787 . b ( 5 ) 5 ; 1 , . . . , 4 =(− 0 . 094 , − 0 . 109 , − 0 . 093 , − 0 . 749 ), which contains the first , second , third , and fourth the fifth row of the inverted covariance matrix b ( 5 ), the value μ can be calculated . formula ( 3 . 9 ) is used in this case . using the variables σ and μ thus determined , and also using randomly extracted , normally distributed random numbers x ( n ), it is possible to calculate y ( 5 ) according to the formula in such a case , y ( 5 ) represents the fifth element of the vector y that has a sequence of random numbers that are approximated to random numbers of a 1 / f noise . [ 0172 ] fig4 a to 4 c show a calculation example for a sixth simulation time step [ t 5 , t 6 ]=[ 3 . 000 , 4 . 000 ]. the value of the running variable n is always equal to 6 for the sixth simulation time step . [ 0173 ] fig4 a shows an inverted submatrix c 22 − 1 ( 5 ) with respect to the submatrix c 22 ( 5 ) of fig3 c . the inverted submatrix c 22 − 1 ( 5 ) is not explicitly totally recalculated , but , rather , is produced using equation ( 3 . 16 ). the auxiliary variables b 12 ( 5 ), c 12 t ( 5 ), and also b 22 ( 5 ) that are required in equation ( 3 . 16 ) for calculating the inverted submatrix c 22 − 1 ( 5 ) have been determined in the preceding steps . the variable i d − 1 in equation ( 3 . 16 ) corresponds to the unit matrix for the dimension ( d − 1 )= 4 . [ 0175 ] fig4 b shows a covariance matrix c *( 6 ) of dimension ( d × d )=( 5 × 5 ). c *( 6 ) is produced as the bottom right window ( 2 , . . . , 6 ; 2 , . . . , 6 ) of the covariance matrix c ( 6 ) with the dimension d = 6 . for the calculation of the covariance matrix c *( 6 ), recourse is had to the submatrix c 22 ( 5 ) that is shown in fig3 c and forms the top left window of dimension (( d − 1 )×( d − 1 ))=( 4 × 4 ) in the covariance matrix c *( 6 ). accordingly , only those elements of the covariance matrix c *( 6 ) shown in fig4 b that are disposed in the fifth row or in the fifth column are recalculated . by way of example , such a calculation is carried out using equation ( 3 . 6 ) for the element c ( 3 , 6 ): 1 . 0 .  ( - | t 6 - t 6  | 05 + 1  + | t 6 - 1 - t 3  | 05 + 1  + | t 6 - t 3 - 1  | 05 + 1  - | t 6 - 1 - t 3 - 1  | 05 + 1 ) = ( - | 4 . 000 - 2 . 000  | 15  + | 3 . 000 - 2 . 000  | 1 . 5  + | 4 . 000 - 1 . 500  | 15  - | 3 . 000 - 1 . 500  | 15 ) = - 2 . 828 + 1 + 3 . 952 - 1 . 837 = 0 . 287 [ 0178 ] fig4 c shows the inverted covariance matrix b *( 6 ) of dimension d = 5 with respect to the covariance matrix c *( 6 ) of fig4 b . a check using equation ( 3 . 13 ) reveals that the covariance matrix c *( 6 ) shown in fig4 b multiplied by the inverted covariance matrix b *( 6 ) shown in fig4 c produces the unit matrix i d . the inverted covariance matrix b *( 6 ) is not explicitly recalculated element by element , but , rather , is produced by schur complement techniques using the auxiliary variables shown in fig3 a to 3 f and those shown in fig4 a . using the bottom right value of the inverted covariance matrix b *( 6 ), namely , the value b *( 6 ) 5 ; 5 = 0 . 630 , σ results as 1 . 259 . using the vector b *( 6 ) 5 ; 1 , . . . , 4 =(− 0 . 085 , − 0 . 078 , − 0 . 139 , − 0 . 507 ) using the variables σ and μ thus determined and also using extracted , normally distributed random numbers x ( n ), a further random number y ( 6 ) is , then , calculated , which extends the vector y ( n ) of the random numbers approximated to random numbers of a 1 / f noise . the vector y ( n ) can be extended as desired by the method according to the invention . during such a calculation , the covariance matrix c ( n ), and the inverted covariance matrix b ( n ) thereof , required for determining the random numbers are limited in terms of the dimension n to the predetermined window size d . such a measure keeps the computation complexity small enough for each simulation time step . although the random numbers thus generated do not exactly match the random numbers of a 1 / f noise , they , nevertheless , represent a very good approximation to them .

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