Using Simulink

Time

Time is an inherent component of block diagrams in that the results of a block diagram simulation change with time. Put another way, a block diagram represents the instantaneous behavior of a dynamic system. Determining a system's behavior over time thus entails repeatedly solving the model at intervals, called time steps, from the start of the time span to the end of the time span. Simulink refers to the process of solving a model at successive time steps as simulating the system that the model represents..

Modeling Dynamic Systems

States

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