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ComputingComputer EngineeringComputer ScienceAnalog ElectronicsCompilersDifferential EquationsAnalog Integrated CircuitsCompiler ConstructionComputational ModelsDigital Signal ProcessingIntermediate RepresentationSystems Of Differential EquationsAnalog Input/output SystemsAnalog Signal ProcessingAnalog-digital ConversionCompiler-based GenerationCompiler-based High-level SynthesisDifferential Equation SolversProgram Synthesis For Modeling
Analog computation is, for many problems, more convenient than digital computation but lacks the precision obtainable from a digital-computer solution. A compiler has been developed which, for problems involving differential equations expressible in the form yi = f(y1, y2, ·, yn), i = 1, 2, ..., n (1) combines to a considerable extent the desirable attributes of both types of computation. The compiler achieves this by deducing from a description of an analog setup diagram the differential equations which the analog computer solves, and then compiling a program for solving the equations.
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