Chapter 9. Simulations
topics: | simulations |
concepts: | emergent behavior, experimentation |
In this chapter, we shall discuss one type of software application in a little more detail: simulations.
Simulations are fascinating examples of computing, because they are highly experimental, and potentially allow us to predict the future. Many types of simulations can be (and have been) developed for computers: traffic simulations, weather forecasting systems, economics simulations (simulations of stock markets), simulations of chemical reactions, nuclear explosions, environmental simulations, and many more.
We have seen one simple simulation in Chapter 6, in which we simulated part of a solar system. That simulation was a little too simplistic to accurately forecast ...
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