Behavioral descriptions of the object-oriented paradigm for physical system modeling

Author:	Bastogne Thierry, Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy 1, France
Topic:	1.1 Modelling, Identification & Signal Processing
Session:	Modelling and Interconnection of Open Dynamical Systems
Keywords:	Object-modeling techniques, mathematical models, system models

Abstract

This paper deals with the mathematical description of the object-oriented paradigm for physical system modeling through the behavioral approach of systems theory introduced by J.C. Willems in the eighties. Two behavioral representations of an object are defined and three relationships of the object-orientation: instantiation, composition and generalization are examined. Finally, the behavioral description of a object-oriented model structure, entitled physical diagram.