This down-to-earth introduction to computation makes use of the broad array of techniques available in the modern computing environment. A self-contained guide for engineers and other users of computational methods, it has been successfully adopted as a text in teaching the next generation of mathematicians and computer graphics majors A timely introduction to the latest modeling and simulation techniques. Object-oriented modeling is a fast-growing area of modeling and simulation that provides a structured, computer-supported way of doing mathematical and equation-based modeling. Modelica is today's most promising modeling language in that it effectively unifies and generalizes previous object-oriented modeling languages and provides a sound basis for the basic concepts. Principles of Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation with Modelica 2.1 introduces the latest methods of object-oriented component-based system modeling and. Read more... Principles of Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation with Modelica 2.1; Table of Contents; Part I Introduction; Part II The Modelica Language; Part III Modeling and Applications; Part IV Technology and Tools; Chapter 17 A Mathematical Representation for Modelica Models; Chapter 18 Techniques and Research; Chapter 19 Environments; Appendix A -- Modelica Formal Syntax; Appendix B -- Mathematica-style Modelica Syntax; Appendix C -- Solutions to Exercises; Appendix D-Modelica Standard Library; Modelica. Constants; Modelica. Slunits; Modelica. SIunits. Conversions; Modelica. Icons; Modelica. Math