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Types of systems

• Discrete
  
  • State variables change instantaneously at separated points in time
  • Bank model: State changes occur only when a customer arrives or departs
• Continuous
  
  • State variables change continuously as a function of time
  • Airplane flight: State variables like position, velocity change continuously

 

• Many systems are partly discrete, partly continuous

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