The Mathworks, Inc.

Arwen M Warlock

Peter S Szpak

Matthew J Englehart

Murali K Yeddanapudi

Biao Yu

Yuan Cao

Pieter Johannes Mosterman

A device may receive a model including a group of blocks, and may receive a command to execute the model. The device may assign a parameter sample time to a subset of blocks of the group of blocks. The parameter sample time may permit a block, of the subset of blocks, to be executed based on a parameter change event detected during the execution of the model. The device may cause the model to be executed after assigning the parameter sample time to the subset of blocks. The device may detect a parameter change event, associated with the model, prior to the execution of the model being completed. The parameter change event may include an event that is external to the execution of the model. The device may cause at least one block, of the subset of blocks, to be executed based on the detecting the parameter change event.

Scheduling and executing model components in response to un-modeled events detected during an execution of the model

An automated model componentization feature systematically converts duplicate or otherwise amenable patterns in a model into references. Multiple references are simplified to one unit that contains the otherwise duplicated functionality. Duplicated or selected functionality is identified based on a number of arguments that may be user supplied. These arguments include the level of polymorphism (i.e., which of the sample times, dimensions, and data types can be propagated in) but also the maximum size of the patterns to look for to address the general trade-off of generating few partitions with many blocks or many partitions with few blocks and which modeling constructs are used (e.g., whether Go To/From connections such as in Simulink&#xae; are present). Model conversions can result in potentially disjoint partitions.

Conversion of model components into references

A system and method provides for the formation of transparent links between subsystems or blocks within a graphical model. The transparent link allows marking one or multiple subsystems in the graphical model as the reference source that, similar to a library block, can be linked with other blocks in the graphical model. The referenced subsystem or block is not located in a separate file from the graphical model file. Changes made to a source block in the model can be propagated to linked destinations.

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Arwen M Warlock