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The expression “process model” as used here refers to a mathematical model which has been developed to a level at which it can quantiatively describe the essential characteristics of a process and which, when implemented as a computer program, permits the stepwise simulation of the process. The practical aim of a computer process model is always the generation of quantitative statements concerning the process in question, whereby these should be faster, cheaper or more extensive than can be obtained by laboratory experiments or tests during actual fabrication.
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Böer, C.R., Rebelo, N.M.R.S., Rydstad, H.A.B., Schröder, G. (1986). Preface. In: Process Modelling of Metal Forming and Thermomechanical Treatment. MRE Materials Research and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82788-4_1
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