Open map List

Time

Introduction

Time is continuous but can be modelled in discrete steps. There are three different ways:

  1. continuous time: state changes occur continuously across time
  2. discrete time: time axis is divided in time steps which are regular or fixed
  3. discrete event: will check the process and its parameters when a change to the state occurs. If you know that changes only happen at certain moments, then skip to those moments.

Explanation

There are different types of time

  1. linear: it just goes on (e.g. the real time, continuously getting older)
  2. cyclic: repetition, certain moments have the same characteristics (e.g. rush hour, green vegetation; repetition over seasons, weekdays)
  3. Branching: in the past or in the future. The further we go back the vaguer the information becomes. 

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