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What Is Simulink
Simulink is a software package that enables you to model, simulate, and analyze dynamic systems, that is, systems whose outputs and states change with time. Simulink can be used to explore the behavior of a wide range of real-world systems, including electrical circuits, shock absorbers, braking systems, and many other electrical, mechanical, and thermodynamic systems.
Simulating a dynamic system is a two-step process with Simulink. First, you use Simulink's model editor to create a model of the system to be simulated. The model graphically depicts the time-dependent mathematical relationships among the system's inputs, states, and outputs (see Modeling Dynamic Systems). Then, you use Simulink to simulate the behavior of the system for a specified time span. Simulink uses information that you entered into the model to perform the simulation (see Simulating Dynamic Systems).
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