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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
The Mathworks, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Srinath Avadhanula, Waltham, MA (US);
Vijaya Raghavan, Brookline, MA (US);
Michael D. Tocci, Medway, MA (US);
John E. Ciolfi, Wellesley, MA (US);
E. Mehran Mestchian, Newton, MA (US);
Pieter J. Mosterman, Framingham, MA (US);
The Mathworks, Inc., Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method provides top-down programming in a graphical programming environment. A developer may utilize a component constructor to create a graphical skeleton component that represents a template for a procedure. The graphical skeleton component may include one or more hole elements that mark locations in the component at which functions may be specified. An instance of the component may be included in a graphical model, and one or more functions specified for the hole elements, thereby completing the component. The one or more functions may refer to model parameters, and bindings may be captured among the parameters. Upon execution or simulation of the model, the one or more functions specified for the component are executed, and the parameters evaluated. The functionality of the completed may depend on the one or more functions specified for the hole elements.