Title :
Simulation is real
Author :
Kootsey, J. Mailen
Author_Institution :
Andrews Univ., Berrien Springs, MI, USA
Abstract :
Computer simulations of complex processes have always been connected with the real world. Analog computation was invented to solve a problem in the real world. The best known early model of a biological system showed that a computer would be necessary to study real systems. Now that computation power is abundant, the complexity of simulations has risen to provide realism. Connections with the real world are essential in testing the simulation. Also, models are now too large for exhaustive testing, so the researcher has to fall back on the same approach used in investigating the real world: carefully planned experiments
Keywords :
digital simulation; program testing; complexity; computer simulations; experiments; realism; simulations; testing the simulation; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Analog computers; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Capacitors; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Instruments; Velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Multi Media Engineering Education, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, Vic.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3173-7
DOI :
10.1109/MMEE.1996.570242
