The article is devoted to systemic issues related to the principles of mathematical modeling of technological objects, and the degree of adequacy of certain mathematical descriptions to real processes in these systems. In the article using the least squares method (least squares), a model of a water-heating unit is constructed as a MIMO system. The analysis of the process as a complex multi-connected control object.

Based on the experimental data, a mathematical model is obtained in the state space of the water path. The adequacy of the mathematical model to the real object was established by directly comparing the output values of the object with the output values of the model. The results of a comparative assessment of the transition characteristics of the constructed mathematical model and the control object are presented.

From the transient characteristics of the object and the mathematical model, it follows that the mathematical model fairly accurately and qualitatively describes the properties of the modeled object, i.e., it is adequate to the modeled object. The material presented allows you to teach a student to study processes by the method of mathematical modeling, including the preparation of a mathematical description, the choice of a solution method, software implementation of the model and verification of the model’s adequacy to a real object.