Signal-flow based circuit simulation [Elektronische Ressource] / von Stefan Klus

Institut für IndustriemathematikUniversität PaderbornSignal-Flow Based Circuit SimulationVon der Fakultät für Elektrotechnik,Informatik und Mathematikder Universität Paderbornzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Naturwissenschaften– Dr. rer. nat. –genehmigte DissertationvonStefan KlusGutachter: Prof. Dr. Michael DellnitzProf. Dr. Andrea WaltherProf. Dr. Matthew WestAcknowledgementsFirst and foremost, I would like to thank my supervisor Prof. Dr. Michael Dellnitz forthe guidance, support, and encouragement as well as for the freedom to choose my ownapproach to this interesting field of research. I also thank Prof. Dr. Andrea Walther andProf. Dr. Matthew West for serving as a reviewer.Moreover, I am indebted to the circuit simulator development team of our industrialpartner for the smooth collaboration and the pleasant research visit.I would like to express my thanks to Dr. Robert Preis, Stefan Sertl, Jun.-Prof. Dr.Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Anna-Lena Meyer for many interesting and fruitful discussionsand helpful comments. Thanks also to all other members and former members of theInstitute for Industrial Mathematics and the Chair of Applied Mathematics, in particularDr. Roberto Castelli, Kathrin Flaßkamp, Sebastian Hage-Packhäuser, Dr. Mirko Hessel-von Molo, ChristianHorenkamp, Dr.GiorgioMingotti, Dr.MarcusPost, MariuszSlonina,Bianca Thiere, Robert Timmermann, Katrin Witting, and Anna Zanzottera.