model-based software

noun
UK /ˈmɒdl beɪst ˈsɒftweə/
US /ˈmɑːdl beɪst ˈsɔːftwer/

Software made by first drawing a plan of how it should work.

The engineers used model-based software to design the robot before building it.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Software that uses a computer model to predict or simulate real-world behavior.

The weather team relies on model-based software to forecast storms.

3. A way of building programs where diagrams and models are the main source, and code is generated from them.

Their factory uses model-based software to turn diagrams into machine instructions.

4. Software tools that help people create and test models before making a product.

Students learned model-based software to test their car design safely.