Models are an essential component of simulation. Before a new prototype design for an automobile braking system or a multimillion dollar aircraft is tested in the field, it is commonplace to “test drive” the separate components and the overall system in a simulated environment based on some form of model. A meteorologist predicts the expected path of a tropical storm using weather models that incorporate the relevant climatic variables and their effect on the storm’s trajectory. An economist issues a quantitative forecast of the U.S. economy predicated based on key economic variables and their interrelationships with the help of computer models. Before a nuclear power plant operator ...
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