The ideas behind Omola

Author

Mattsson, Sven Erik ; Andersson, Mats

Author_Institution

Dept. of Autom. Control, Lund Inst. of Technol., Sweden

fYear

1992

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

29

Abstract

The main ideas behind the new universal, equation-based, and object-oriented modeling language Omola are discussed. Omola is designed to support model development and facilitate reuse so a model can be used to solve various problems and so model components can be easily modified to model similar systems. To implement this, Omola supports modern concepts for model structuring. Models can be hierarchically decomposed with well-defined interfaces to describe interaction with other components. All model components are represented as classes. Inheritance and specialization supports easy modification. Omola supports differential-algebraic equations, difference equations, and discrete events to describe model behavior in a natural way, which also allows modularization and use of a model for various purposes

Keywords

algebra; differential equations; discrete event simulation; inheritance; object-oriented languages; simulation languages; Omola; difference equations; differential-algebraic equations; discrete events; hierarchical model decomposition; inheritance; model reuse; model structuring; object-oriented modeling language; specialization; universal equation-based modeling language; Differential algebraic equations; Documentation; Heart; Instruction sets; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Prototypes; System analysis and design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Control System Design, 1992. (CACSD), 1992 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Napa, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CACSD.1992.274453

Filename

274453