Model-Based Engineering for Complex Electronic Systems

Chapter 1

Overview of Model-Based Engineering

1.1 Introduction

This book is intended to provide designers with an insight into effective model-based engineering (MBE). The concept behind model-based engineering is to use modeling as not merely a mechanism to perform computer simulations, but to capture specifications, clarify design intent, facilitate hierarchical designs, and be efficient at collaboration, design reuse, and verification – in other words, manage complexity. This book is aimed at engineers managing or working in design teams, including those that cross engineering disciplines, such as integrated circuits, power systems, transportation systems, medical electronics, and industrial electronics to name but a few. The unifying theme ...