Abstract: In a circuit system simulation model which may comprise a combination of physical dynamic circuit devices to be modeled, of physical static circuit devices to be modeled, and of means for controlling at least the operating sequence of the physical devices, a method is provided for exercising the circuit devices which comprises segregating strobe input signals from nonstrobe input signals to be presented to each circuit device and preserving order of strobe input transitions relative to each other and to nonstrobe input transitions while ignoring the order of nonstrobe input transitions relative to one another when presenting a sequence of input patterns to each circuit device.