Provides coverage of the important aspects of modeling and simulating both physical and conceptual systems. The author presents a step-by-step procedure for modeling using top-down, bottom-up, and middle-out approaches. He develops models for complex systems and reduces their order so they can be applied effectively in online applications.

Systems engineering encompasses a variety of components that embrace physical and conceptual phenomena. This book addresses all aspects of systems modeling and simulation. The first part of the text presents a step-by-step procedure for modeling different types of systems using techniques like a graph theoretic approach, interpretive structural modeling, and system dynamics modeling. It also covers physical systems framework and identification, systems analysis, and optimization aspects and numerical analysis. The second part presents real-life examples of simulation that illustrate state-of-the-art simulation. The text also develops MATLAB(R) and Simulink programs for system simulation.