Citation
Claudius Ptolemaeus. "System Design, Modeling, and Simulation". Claudius Ptolemaeus (ed.), Ptolemy.org, 1.0, 2014; See http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/.

Abstract
The book is intended for use by engineers and scientists who need to model a wide variety of systems or who want to understand how to model complex, heterogeneous systems. Such systems include, for example, mechanical systems, electrical systems, control systems, biological systems, and - most interestingly - heterogeneous systems that combine elements from these (and other) domains. The book assumes a familiarity with simulation and modeling tools and techniques, but does not require in-depth background in the subject matter.

The book emphasizes modeling techniques that have been realized in Ptolemy II. Ptolemy II is a simulation and modeling tool intended for experimenting with system design techniques, particularly those that involve combinations of different types of models. It was developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, and over the last two decades it has evolved into a complex and sophisticated tool used by researchers around the world. This book uses Ptolemy II as the basis for a broad discussion of system design, modeling, and simulation techniques for hierarchical, heterogeneous systems. But it also uses Ptolemy II to ensure that the discussions are not abstract and theoretical. All of the techniques are backed by a well designed and well tested software realization. More detailed descriptions of Ptolemy's underlying software architecture and the finer points of its operation are found in sidebars, appendices, and links.

Electronic downloads

• http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/. (Ptolemy website that contains links to the pdf and the publisher's site for printed copies.)

• HTML

  Claudius Ptolemaeus. <a
  href="http://www.terraswarm.org/pubs/82.html"><i>System
  Design, Modeling, and Simulation</i></a>,
  Claudius Ptolemaeus (ed.), Ptolemy.org, 1.0, 2014; See <a
  href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/"
  >http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/</a>.

• Plain text

  Claudius Ptolemaeus. "System Design, Modeling, and
  Simulation". Claudius Ptolemaeus (ed.), Ptolemy.org,
  1.0, 2014; See <a
  href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/"
  >http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/</a>.

• BibTeX

  @book{Ptolemaeus14_SystemDesignModelingSimulation,
      author = {Claudius Ptolemaeus},
      editor = {Claudius Ptolemaeus},
      title = {System Design, Modeling, and Simulation},
      publisher = {Ptolemy.org},
      edition = {1.0},
      year = {2014},
      note = {See <a
                href="http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/"
                >http://ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.edu/books/Systems/</a>.},
      abstract = {The book is intended for use by engineers and
                scientists who need to model a wide variety of
                systems or who want to understand how to model
                complex, heterogeneous systems. Such systems
                include, for example, mechanical systems,
                electrical systems, control systems, biological
                systems, and - most interestingly - heterogeneous
                systems that combine elements from these (and
                other) domains. The book assumes a familiarity
                with simulation and modeling tools and techniques,
                but does not require in-depth background in the
                subject matter. <p>The book emphasizes modeling
                techniques that have been realized in Ptolemy II.
                Ptolemy II is a simulation and modeling tool
                intended for experimenting with system design
                techniques, particularly those that involve
                combinations of different types of models. It was
                developed by researchers at UC Berkeley, and over
                the last two decades it has evolved into a complex
                and sophisticated tool used by researchers around
                the world. This book uses Ptolemy II as the basis
                for a broad discussion of system design, modeling,
                and simulation techniques for hierarchical,
                heterogeneous systems. But it also uses Ptolemy II
                to ensure that the discussions are not abstract
                and theoretical. All of the techniques are backed
                by a well designed and well tested software
                realization. More detailed descriptions of
                Ptolemy's underlying software architecture and the
                finer points of its operation are found in
                sidebars, appendices, and links.},
      URL = {http://terraswarm.org/pubs/82.html}
  }
  

Posted by Mila MacBain on 22 Jul 2013.