Modeling Approaches for Large-Scale Reconfigurable Engineering Systems

This paper reviews various approaches that have been used for the modeling and simulation of large-scale engineering systems and determines their appropriateness in the development of a RICS modeling and simulation tool. Bond graphs, linear graphs, block diagrams, differential and difference equations, modeling languages, cellular automata and agents are reviewed. This tool should be based on linear graph representation and supports symbolic programming, functional programming, the development of noncausal models and the incorporation of decentralized approaches.

Authors:

• Kwa-Sur Tam

Keywords:

• Interdisciplinary
• dynamic
• functional programming
• object-oriented.

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