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System Simulation

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System simulation means the simulation of very complex and often also heterogeneous systems.

To emphasize these aspects, sometimes it is called overall system simulation. In system simulation models at the higher abstraction levels are generally used. Of course, there are many modeling and simulation aspects in common with those described in the foregoing chapters 10 (Analog Simulation), 11 (Digital Simulation) and, most of all, 12 (Mixed-Signal Simulation). But there are also typical specialties, which led to the development of specialized system simulators.

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Schwarz, P. (2003). System Simulation. In: Jansen, D. (eds) The Electronic Design Automation Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73543-6_13

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