Basic Modeling Tools

Abstract

We have now given an overview of the general principles of integrated modeling. Before we deal with modeling of subsystems, we introduce for reference some mathematical tools for integrated modeling. We begin by a brief introduction to linear algebra to the extent required for understanding the concepts of integrated modeling. More details can be found in the numerous text books in the field, of which we give reference to [8,9]. In the following, we make emphasis on formulations that are intuitively easy to understand, rather than rigorously correct from a mathematical point of view.