Today, a large set of engineering tasks is supported by mathematical models related to various scientific disciplines. This set of tasks is called Model-Based Engineer-ing (MBE). In this book, we restrict our attention to geometrical or morphological models, thermal models, mechanical models and statistical models, at various scales. The related ma…
The time prediction and planning capacity of the human race is particularly evidentin some of the early great constructions. An excellent example is the building of theGreat Pyramid of Giza, around 4500 years ago. We do not know much about themethods they used to predict the time needed and how they managed to finish thepyramid before the pharaoh’s death. Most likely, their time and resource …