Abstract. LISA has unique needs that argue for an aggressive modelling effort. These models ultimately need to forecast and interrelate the behaviour of the science input, structure, optics, control systems and many other factors that affect the performance of the flight hardware. In addition, many components of these integrated models will also be used separately for the evaluation and investigation of design choices, technology development, and integration and test. This paper presents an overview of the LISA integrated modelling effort.

PACS number: 04.80.Nn

Print publication: Issue 10 (21 May 2003)
Received 1 November 2002, in final form 10 January 2003
Published 29 April 2003