Modeling and Simulation with Compose and Activate

Stephen L Campbell is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina State University, a fellow of the IEEE, a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and has published extensively on numerical methods and control. He received a PhD in Mathematics from Northwestern University. Ramine Nikoukhah is Vice President for System Modeling and Simulation at Altair Engineering. He also teaches at the engineering school ESILV where he uses Activate in systems, control and mechatronics courses. Previously he had been director of research at INRIA, where he was a member of the team that developed Scilab and Scicos. He has received a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Part I Altair COMPOSE and OML.- Chapter 1 General Information.- Chapter 2 Introduction to OML.- Chapter 3 Modeling and Simulation in OML.- Chapter 4 Optimization.- Chapter 5 Examples.- Part II Altair ACTIVATE.- Chapter 6 Introduction.- Chapter 7 Expression Blocks.- Chapter 8 Beyond Single Run Simulations.- Chapter 9 Examples.- Chapter 10 Formalism.- Chapter 11 Hybrid Systems.- Chapter 12 Activate-OML Interactions and Batch Simulation.- Chapter 13 Construction of New Blocks.- Chapter 14 Modelica Support.- Chapter 15 Other Activate Tools.

"The clarity and detail of this tutorial volume, together with the richness of OML and the sophistication of the Compose and Activate interfaces, offer a promising resource for introducing students to numerical simulation, whether in the classroom or in self-study." (H. Van Dyke Parunak, Computing Reviews, September 24, 2019)