Chapter 1 Introduction and Motivation .......................... 1
Chapter 2 The Basics of Simulation in Simulink ................ 11
Chapter 3 Simulation of First-Order Difference Equation
Models .............................................. 55
Chapter 4 Simulation of First-Order Differential Equation
Models .............................................. 87
Chapter 5 Fixed-Step Solvers and Numerical Integration
Methods ............................................ 107
Chapter 6 Simulation of First-Order Equation Systems ......... 133
Chapter 7 Simulation of Second-Order Equation Models:
Nonperiodic Dynamics ............................... 155
Chapter 8 Simulation of Second-Order Equation Models:
Periodic Dynamics .................................. 189
Chapter 9 Higher-Order Models and Variable-Step Solvers ...... 217
Chapter 10 Advanced Topics: Transforming Ordinary
Differential Equations, Simulation of Chaotic
Dynamics, and Simulation of Partial Differential
Equations .......................................... 231
REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL READING ............................. 278
APPENDIX A: ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SIMULINK BLOCKS .............. 281
APPENDIX B: THE BASICS OF MATLAB FOR SIMULINK USERS ........... 283
B.1 THE MATLAB MAIN WINDOW ................................... 283
B.2 THE DEFAULT FOLDER IN MATLAB ............................. 284
B.3 LAUNCHING SIMULINK FROM MATLAB ........................... 285
B.4 SIMULINK MODEL FILES IN MATLAB ........................... 285
REFERENCES AND ADDITIONAL READING ............................. 288
APPENDIX C: DEBUGGING A SIMULINK MODEL ........................ 289
C.1 STARTING THE DEBUGGER .................................... 289
C.2 RUNNING THE MODEL IN STEP MODE ........................... 291
C.3 RUNNING THE MODEL IN TRACE MODE .......................... 299
ADDITIONAL READING ............................................ 300
INDEX ......................................................... 301
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