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What is a virtual equation?

April 26, 2017equation virtual

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What is a virtual equation?

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A virtual equation is an equation that is labelled with an identifier and that can be substituted by a different equation in a child component. For example, given the component: COMPONENT parent DECLS REAL x, y CONTINUOUS y’ = x / sin(TIME) END COMPONENT A child component may wish to modify that second equation: COMPONENT child IS_A parent CONTINUOUS <:myEq> y’= x / cos(TIME) END COMPONENT The equation labelled “myEq” is what is known as a virtual equation. The child component substitutes it (it uses the substitute operator “:”) for a new one. back…