J. A. Tenreiro Machado was born at 1957. He earned his PhD. (1989) and 'Habilitation' (1995), in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Porto. He started his teaching and research activity in 1980. He is currently the Principal Coordinator Professor at the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto,. His research interests include complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, fractional calculus, modeling, entropy, control, evolutionary computing, and others.

Vitor M. R. Cunha graduated in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Porto in 1999. He completed his master's degree also in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto in 2009. He started to work as a research assistant after graduating and began teaching at the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto in 2001. He works in a wide spectrum of subjects such as Information Technology, Virtual Reality, Realtime Simulation, Robotics, Electronics, Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems.

1. Mathematical Models of Dynamical Systems. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Modeling of Electrical Systems. 1.3. Transmission Systems. 1.4. Modeling of Hydraulic Systems. 1.5. Modeling of Thermal Systems. 2. Bond Graph Modeling. 2.1 Basic Concepts. 2.2. Bond Graph Elements. 2.4. Examples of Application of Bond Graphs. 2.5. Casualty. 2.6. Assigning Casualty to Bond Graph. 3. Electrical Systems. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Solved Problems. 3.3. Proposed Exercises. 4. Mechanical Systems. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Solved Problems. 4.3. Proposed Exercises. 5. Hydraulic Systems. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Solved Problems. 5.3. Exercises. 6. Thermal Systems. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Solved Problems. 6.3. Exercises. 7. Multi-domain Systems. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Solved Problems. 7.3. Exercises. 8. Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation Using 20-sim. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2. Guided Exercise. Solutions. Appendices. References. Index.