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A computer simulation or a computer model is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Computer simulations have become a useful part of mathematical modelling of many natural systems in physics (Computational Physics), chemistry and biology, human systems in economics, psychology, and social science and in the process of engineering new technology, to gain insight into the operation of those systems. Traditionally, the formal modeling of systems has been via a mathematical model, which attempts to find analytical solutions to problems which enables the prediction of the behaviour of the system from a set of parameters and initial conditions. Computer simulations build on, and are a useful adjunct to purely mathematical models in science, technology and entertainment.
History
Computer simulation was developed hand-in-hand with the rapid growth of the computer, following its first large-scale deployment during the Manhattan Project in World War II to model the process of nuclear detonation. It was a simulation of 12 hard spheres using a Monte Carlo algorithm. Computer simulation is often used as an adjunct to, or substitution for, modeling systems for which simple closed form analytic solutions are not possible. There are many different types of computer simulation; the common feature they all share is the attempt to generate a sample of representative scenarios for a model in which a complete enumeration of all possible states of the model would be prohibitive or impossible. Computer models were initially used as a supplement for other arguments, but their use later became rather widespread. The physicist Richard Feynman, was not fond of such models and once called them "a disease".
Types of computer simulation
Computer models can be classified according to several criteria including:
- Stochastic or deterministic (and as a special case of deterministic, chaotic)
- Steady-state or dynamic
- Continuous or discrete (and as an important special case of discrete, discrete event or DE models)
- Local or distributed.
Artificial Intelligence
Life Games :: Simulation
Core War :: Programming Games
Theoretical Biology :: Biology
Complex Systems :: Applications
Information Theory :: Applications
Cybernetics :: Technology
Milford Proving Grounds: Where tech gets tested - Crain's Detroit Business
Sun, 11 May 2008 07:08:27 -0000
Milford Proving Grounds: Where tech gets testedCrain's Detroit Business, MI - 14 hours agoNow we do thousands of computer simulations before we ever get to actual road testing.” Road testing may not be what it once was, but the importance of the ...
Model to help Severn power plans - BBC News
Fri, 09 May 2008 15:07:44 -0000
Model to help Severn power plansBBC News, UK - May 9, 2008It will enable them to produce improved computer simulations of flooding patterns, inter-tidal habitat area changes, and sediment transport and bed changes, ...
Climate models overheat Antarctica - HULIQ (press release)
Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:50 -0000
Climate models overheat AntarcticaHULIQ (press release), NC - May 9, 2008"We can now compare computer simulations with observations of actual climate trends in Antarctica," says NCAR scientist Andrew Monaghan, the lead author of ...
Using the Severn Estuary as a source of energy - News Wales
Sat, 10 May 2008 09:57:35 -0000
Using the Severn Estuary as a source of energyNews Wales, UK - May 10, 2008It will allow for improved computer simulations of flooding patterns, inter-tidal habitat area changes, sediment transport and bed changes, such as erosion ...
Science Fiction Or Reality? - Valley Post
Tue, 06 May 2008 19:36:36 -0000
Science Fiction Or Reality?Valley Post, CA - May 6, 2008The research team used computer simulations to show that there is a great possibility that terrestrial planets exist around one of the stars of the Alpha ...
Preston university's Centre for Astrophysics wins £1m Science and ... - This Is Lancashire
Fri, 09 May 2008 18:41:17 -0000
Preston university's Centre for Astrophysics wins £1m Science and ...This Is Lancashire, UK - May 9, 2008He added: "These super-computer simulations are designed to shed more light on the structure and the history of the Universe from its earliest beginnings ...
Alife + - Artificial Life links: research groups, individuals, institutions, resource pages, software - tools, simulation and analysis packages, and bibliographies.
alife.net - Promotes the artificial life community by offering news, discussions, polls, software. Free registration.
Meta Description: [ alife.net promotes the alife (artificial life) community by offering news, discussions, polls, software ]
Aritificial Life FAQ - From the newsgroup comp.ai.alife.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial Life - Links to artificial life/intelligence projects, with a collection of links including swarming Java applets.
Meta Description: [ Artificial Intelligence / Life projects including a Genetic Program to simluate ant food collection behaviors and a travelling salesman (TSP) Genetic Algorithm. ]
Artificial Life and Other Experiments - Artificial life and genetic algorithm experiments in java and tcl with free source code; 3D doll pictures and web design experiments.
Meta Description: [ Artificial life Alife Genetic algorithms Photo Manipulation and Doll Asseblage experiments free source code ]
Artificial Life by Jpr - Some of the main alife topics illustrated by applets or applications. A link section is also available.
Meta Description: [ Introduction aux principaux chapitres de la vie artificielle ilustrée par une application ou applet. Les textes sont disponibles en PDF. Introduction to artificial life (alife) main topics. Each chapter is illustrated by an applet or a program. Texts are available in PDF ]
Artificial Life Games - Developer of artificial life games as free software with open source code - download the game and source code.
Meta Description: [ We develop artificial life games as free software with open source code - download our game and the source code. ]
Artificial Life Links - Erik Max Francis' categorized list of links to sites regarding artificial life and related fields.
Meta Description: [ Links to artificial life and related pages I've found. ]
Artificial Life: Links and Literature - Collected by Kerstin Dautenhahn.
Artificial Life: Some Collections - Links to new research and emerging issues.
ATR - Human Information Processing Research Labs - Home of Tierra, Robokoneko (robot child cat) and some of the most exciting real world alife work around.
Biota.org - A group project exploring living 3D asthetic worlds.
Boids: A Distributed Behavioral Model - Simulations of group motion in flocks, herds, and schools, along with related phenomena. Includes many links to related applications and research, e.g. Artificial Life.
Meta Description: [ Background and update on BOIDS, the 1987 model of group motion in
flocks, herds, schools and related phenomena. Includes a Java-based
demonstration and many links to related research and
applications. ]
CALresCo - Complexity and Alife Research and information - CALResCo promotes free world-wide education about Complex Systems
Meta Description: [ Introduction to complex systems and self-organisation covering the fields
attractors, artificial life, cellular automata, fractals, genetic algorithms, neural networks and including tutorials,
papers and specialist links presented by CALResCo. ]
CALT Encyclopedia -- Artificial Life - A collection of resources related to artificial life. Includes a section for social sciences (social micro-simulation)
Meta Description: [ Artificial Life ]
comp.ai.alife Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - comp.ai.alife Frequently Asked Questions
Digital Biology - Digital Biology was established in order to conduct research into, and develop technology based on, artificial life.
EvoWeb - European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing - Comprehensive information resources for the field of evolutionary computing.
Geb - Evolving AI-Life - Alastair Channon's artificial life project.
Meta Description: [ The evolutionary emergence of intelligent artificial life via natural selection. (Alastair Channon's Artificial Life) ]
glAnts - A sourceforge project for a combination game and simulation that allows interaction with simple artificial ants.
Meta Description: [ glAnts - This project is a combination game and simulation that where your combat artificial ants, game programming source also included. ]
International Society for Adaptive Behavior - An international scientific society devoted to education and furthering research on adaptive behavior in animals, animats, software agents, and robots.
International Society of Artificial Life - Portal with information on conferences, publications, and activities of the society.
Meta Description: [ International Society of Artificial Life ]
ISAAC and EINSTein - An AL approach to land warfare. Windows beta software, images and project documentation.
Lotus Artificial Life - Contains various java applications related to artificial life.
Meta Description: [ Lotus Artificial Life ]
Ms Guidance on Artificial Life - Links and resources.
Meta Description: [ Public Netbase Media~Space! Website ]
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