Introduction to Modeling and Simulation: A Systems Approach

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation

An essential introduction to engineering system modeling and simulation from a well-trusted source in engineering and education

This new introductory-level textbook provides thirteen self-contained chapters, each covering an important topic in engineering systems modeling and simulation. The importance of such a topic cannot be overstated; modeling and simulation will only increase in importance in the future as computational resources improve and become more powerful and accessible, and as systems become more complex. This resource is a wonderful mix of practical examples, theoretical concepts, and experimental sessions that ensure a well-rounded education on the topic.

The topics covered in Introduction to Modeling and Simulation are timeless fundamentals that provide the necessary background for further and more advanced study of one or more of the topics. The text includes topics such as linear and nonlinear dynamical systems, continuous-time and discrete-time systems, stability theory, numerical methods for solution of ODEs, PDE models, feedback systems, optimization, regression and more. Each chapter provides an introduction to the topic to familiarize students with the core ideas before delving deeper. The numerous tools and examples help ensure students engage in active learning, acquiring a range of tools for analyzing systems and gaining experience in numerical computation and simulation systems, from an author prized for both his writing and his teaching over the course of his over-40-year career.

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation readers will also find:

• Numerous examples, tools, and programming tips to help clarify points made throughout the textbook, with end-of-chapter problems to further emphasize the material
• As systems become more complex, a chapter devoted to complex networks including small-world and scale-free networks - a unique advancement for textbooks within modeling and simulation
• A complementary website that hosts a complete set of lecture slides, a solution manual for end-of-chapter problems, MATLAB files, and case-study exercises

Introduction to Modeling and Simulation is aimed at undergraduate and first-year graduate engineering students studying systems, in diverse avenues within the field: electrical, mechanical, mathematics, aerospace, bioengineering, physics, and civil and environmental engineering. It may also be of interest to those in mathematical modeling courses, as it provides in-depth material on MATLAB simulation and contains appendices with brief reviews of linear algebra, real analysis, and probability theory.

《建模與模擬入門》

這本新的入門級教科書提供了十三個獨立的章節，每個章節都涵蓋了工程系統建模和模擬的重要主題。這個主題的重要性不容忽視；隨著計算資源的改善和變得更加強大和可靠，以及系統變得更加複雜，建模和模擬在未來只會變得更加重要。這本資源結合了實際例子、理論概念和實驗環節，確保讀者對這個主題有全面的了解。

《建模與模擬入門》涵蓋的主題是永恆的基礎，為進一步和更高級的研究提供了必要的背景。本書包括線性和非線性動態系統、連續時間和離散時間系統、穩定性理論、求解常微分方程的數值方法、偏微分方程模型、反饋系統、最佳化、回歸等主題。每個章節都提供了導論，使學生在深入研究之前熟悉核心思想。豐富的工具和例子有助於確保學生進行積極學習，獲得分析系統和在數值計算和模擬系統方面的經驗，作者在他超過40年的職業生涯中以其寫作和教學而受到讚賞。

《建模與模擬入門》的讀者還將找到：

- 大量的例子、工具和編程提示，以幫助澄清教科書中提出的觀點，並通過章節結束的問題進一步強調材料。
- 隨著系統變得更加複雜，專門介紹複雜網絡（包括小世界和無尺度網絡）的章節，這是建模和模擬教科書中的一個獨特進展。
- 一個補充網站，提供完整的講義幻燈片、章節結束問題的解答手冊、MATLAB文件和案例研究練習。

《建模與模擬入門》適用於就讀系統相關專業的本科和研究生工程學生，包括電氣、機械、數學、航空航天、生物工程、物理以及土木和環境工程等不同領域的學生。對於修讀數學建模課程的人來說，本書提供了關於MATLAB模擬的深入材料，並包含有關線性代數、實分析和概率論的簡要回顧附錄。

Mark W. Spong, DSc, is Professor of Systems Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, USA, where he also holds the Excellence in Education Chair. Professor Spong received his doctorate in systems science and mathematics in 1981 from Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and a Fellow of IFAC. Among the numerous notable awards he has received are the 2011 Pioneer in Robotics Award from the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, the 2020 Rufus Oldenburger Medal from the ASME, the 2018 Bode Lecture Prize from the IEEE Control Systems Society, the 2016 Nyquist Lecture Prize from the ASME, and the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award.

Mark W. Spong博士是美國德克薩斯大學的系統工程學教授和電機與計算機工程學教授，同時擔任卓越教育主席。Spong教授於1981年在美國華盛頓大學獲得系統科學和數學博士學位。他是IEEE的終身會士和IFAC的會士。他獲得了許多著名獎項，包括2011年IEEE機器人學與自動化學會的先驅者獎、2020年ASME的Rufus Oldenburger獎章、2018年IEEE控制系統學會的Bode演講獎、2016年ASME的Nyquist演講獎以及IEEE控制系統技術交易的傑出論文獎。