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The following typesetting conventions are used in this manual
| courier | blue monospace font : Matlab function names, variables | 
| feplot | light blue monospace font: SDT function names | 
| command | pink : strings and SDT Commands | 
| var | italic pink: part of command strings that have to be replaced by their value | 
| % comment | green: comments in script examples | 
| Italics | MATLAB Toolbox names, mathematical notations, and new terms when they are defined | 
| Bold | key names, menu names and items | 
| Small print | comments | 
| (1,2) | the element of indices 1, 2 of a matrix | 
| (1,:) | the first row of a matrix | 
| (1,3:end) | elements 3 to whatever is consistent of the first row of a matrix | 
Programming rules are detailed under section 7.17. Conventions used to specify string commands used by user interface functions are detailed under commode.
Usual abbreviations are
| CMS | Component Mode Synthesis (see section 6.3.3) | 
| COMAC | Coordinate Modal Assurance Criterion (see ii_mac) | 
| DOF,DOFs | degree(s) of freedom (see section 7.5) | 
| FE | finite element | 
| MAC | Modal Assurance Criterion (see ii_mac) | 
| MMIF | Multivariate Mode Indicator Function (see ii_mmif) | 
| POC | Pseudo-orthogonality check (see ii_mac) | 
For mathematical notations, an effort was made to comply with the notations of the International Modal Analysis Conference (IMAC) which can be found in Ref. [1]. In particular one has
| [ ],{ } | matrix, vector | 
| conjugate | |
| [b] | input shape matrix for model with N DOFs and NA inputs (see section 5.1). {φjTb},{ψjTb} modal input matrix of the jth normal / complex mode | 
| [c] | sensor output shape matrix, model with N DOFs and NS outputs (see section 5.1). {cφj},{cψj} modal output matrix of the jth normal / complex mode | 
| [E]NS × NA | correction matrix for high frequency modes (see section 5.6) | 
| [F]NS × NA | correction matrix for low frequency modes (see section 5.6) | 
| M,C,K | mass, damping and stiffness matrices | 
| N,NM | numbers of degrees of freedom, modes | 
| NS,NA | numbers of sensors, actuators | 
| {p}NM × 1 | principal coordinate (degree of freedom of a normal mode model) (see section 5.2) | 
| {q}N × 1 | degree of freedom of a finite element model | 
| s | Laplace variable (s=iω for the Fourier transform) | 
| [Rj] | ={cψj}{ψjTb} residue matrix of the jth complex mode (see section 5.6) | 
| [Tj] | ={cφj}{φjTb} residue matrix of the jth normal mode (used for proportionally damped models) (see section 5.6) | 
| {u(s)}NA × 1 | inputs (coefficients describing the time/frequency content of applied forces) | 
| {y(s)}NS × 1 | outputs (measurements, displacements, strains, stresses, etc.) | 
| [Z(s)] | dynamic stiffness matrix (equal to [Ms2+Cs+K]) | 
| [α(s)] | dynamic compliance matrix (force to displacement transfer function) | 
| p,α | design parameters of a FE model (see section 6.4.2) | 
| Δ M,Δ C,Δ K | additive modifications of the mass, damping and stiffness matrices (see section 6.4.2) | 
| [Γ] | non-diagonal modal damping matrix (see section 5.3) | 
| λj | complex pole (see section 5.5) | 
| [φ]N × NM | real or normal modes of the undamped system(NM ≤ N) | 
| [\ Ω2 \ ] | modal stiffness (diagonal matrix of modal frequencies squared) matrices (see section 5.2) | 
| [θ]N × NM | NM complex modes of a first order symmetric structural model (see section 5.5) | 
| [ψ]N × NM | NM complex modes of damped structural model (see section 5.5) |