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Conduct the analysis
4. 
Structural analysis
—a determination of the effects of physical or environmental 
loads on physical structures and their components. Structures subject to this 
type of analysis include buildings, bridges, vehicles, machinery, furniture, etc. 
The results of the analysis are used to verify a structure’s fitness for use, often 
eliminating the need for physical stress testing.
5. 
Behavioral analysis
—Reproduces the required behavior of the modeled system 
in terms of functional, control, and data flows; resource utilization; execution 
duration; and interface data transmission rates.
6. 
Quantitative analysis
—improves the overall quality of decision making through 
the use of complex mathematical and statistical modeling, measurement, and 
research. These techniques are most commonly used in functional or behavioral 
models, decision trees, and simulations.
7. 
Qualitative analysis
—provides a subjective way of analyzing data without using 
mathematics or statistics. It is used to investigate behaviors exhibited by a sys-
tem to understand the design mechanisms that govern such behavior.
8. 
Simulation
—the imitation of the behavior of a real-world process or system 
over time. Simulation is used with engineering modeling of natural or human-
made systems to gain insight into their performance and behavior under various 
operational conditions.