Hybrid systems (Topical Term)

Work cat.: Languages and tools for hybrid systems design, c2006: abstract (Hybrid systems are a particular class of mixed models that focus on the combination of discrete and continuous subsystems) p. 7 (the notion of a hybrid system traditionally used in the control community is a specific composition of discrete and continuous dynamics. In particular, a hybrid system has a continuous evolution and occasional jumps. The jumps correspond to the change of state in an automaton that transitions in response to external events or to the continuous evolution)

Wikipedia, Apr. 24, 2008: Hybrid system (A hybrid system is a dynamic system that exhibits both continuous and discrete dynamic behavior--a system that can both flow (described by a differential equation) and jump (described by a difference equation). Often, the term "hybrid dynamic system" is used, to distinguish over hybrid systems such as those that combine neural nets and fuzzy logic, or electrical and mechanical drivelines)

LC database, Apr. 24, 2008 (Hybrid systems : computation and control; Intelligent hybrid systems; Computationally intelligent hybrid systems; Stochastic hybrid systems; Discrete event hybrid systems in robotics and automation; High resolution sensors and hybrid systems; Hybrid dynamic systems)