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I declare that this dissertation is my own, unaided work. It is being submitted for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering in the University of Cape Town. It has not been submitted before for any degree or examination in any other university.

In this paper, we consider modeling measurement as part of the overall system dynamics in a way that allows a dynamic interaction between the target system and the measuring system/device. For example, the interaction between the target system and the measuring system can be modeled as a form of collision, scattering process, or some coupling between the two systems depending on how they interact with each other. We show that following this line of thinking about the two systems as intertwined/coupled, in the classical picture, naturally leads to the general dynamics analogous to Schrodinger's wave dynamics.

In this paper, we consider modeling measurement as part of the overall system dynamics in a way that allows a dynamic interaction between the target system and the measuring system/device. For example, the interaction between the target system and the measuring system can be modeled as a form of collision, scattering process, or some coupling between the two systems depending on how they interact with each other. We show that following this line of thinking about the two systems as intertwined/coupled, in the classical picture, naturally leads to the general dynamics analogous to Schrodinger's wave dynamics.

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