Hybrid statecharts to model continuous and discrete behavior in engineering systems
J. A. Ferreira · International Conference on Applied Mathematics · 2005
Some of the mathematical difficulties when modeling and simulate engineering systems arrive from the different time scales of the several components involved. However, in some situations, the behavior of fast components in the system may be modeled with instantaneous changes. This lead to a variable structure DAEs with their activity governed by a set of events. This paper explores the use of the Hybrid Statecharts graphical formalism to describe systems with continuous and discrete behavior. Being a multi level formalism, the Statecharts hierarchy mechanisms are particularly important to model complex systems as are normally the case of engineering systems. Throughout the article examples are presented trying to evidence the Statecharts formalism capabilities to describe hybrid behavior.