Modeling Dynamic Systems with Simulink. Exploring, Searching, Browsing and Configuring Models

by F Marquez

Simulink is a block diagram environment for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design. It supports system-level design, simulation, automatic code generation, and continuous test and verification of embedded systems. Simulink provides a graphical editor, customizable block libraries, and solvers for modeling and simulating dynamic systems. It is integrated with MATLAB, enabling you to incorporate MATLAB algorithms into models and export simulation results to MATLAB for further analysis.Simulink is a graphical modeling and simulation environment for dynamic systems. A block can represent a physical component, a small system, or a function; an input/output relationship fully characterizes the block. The definition of a block is only complete with its inputs and outputs and this task relates to the goal of the model. For example, the cart velocity may be a natural choice as an output if the modeling goal does not involve its location. Simulink provides block libraries that are collections of blocks grouped by functionality. For example, to model a megaphone that simply multiplies its input by a constant, you would use a Gain block from the Math Operations library.Use the Model Explorer to view, modify, and add elements of Simulink models, Stateflow charts, and workspace variables. The Model Explorer lets you focus on specific elements (for example, blocks, signals, and properties) without navigating through the model or chart. Use the Model Explorer to search for: -Variables in workspaces and data dictionaries-Variable usage in a model-Instances of a type of block-Block parameters and parameter valuesYou can combine search criteria and iteratively refine the results. Search in Model Explorer for model elements, starting with the node you select in the model hierarchy. You can search the entire model, in a particular system, or in a system and all the systems below it in the hierarchy.Use the model browser to navigate a model hierarchy using a tree structure. The browser helps you to understand the organization of your model and explore systems within systems.A configuration set comprises groups of related parameters called components. Every configuration set includes the following components: -Solver-Data Import/Export-Optimization-Diagnostics-Hardware Implementation-Model Referencing-Simulation Target

242 pages, Paperback

Published March 25, 2019