2.2.5+Mod+&+Sims+KEY+TERMS+(y2)

For each term below, contribute a unique idea (a definition, an example, an image, a link to an article about the term, embed a video, or other information/media that helps us understand the term. Put 4 ~ next to your contribution so we know who added what. 1250559239 toc
 * Modeling and Simulations Key Terms**

Model
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) 1251172432

Computer modelling is when the computer is used to create abstract models of objects, organisms, organizations, and processes 1251289641 The representation of three-dimensional objects on a computer, using some form of software designed for the purpose. Among the uses of computer modeling are war games and disaster simulations, situations in which computers offer a safe, relatively inexpensive means of creating or re-creating events without the attendant loss of life or property. 1251301817

A representative form or pattern; A hypothetical description or image of something to construct. ([|Source]) 1251333099

An image of a model regarding the altitude of a zone. 1251344618 1253707591 an imagine of a computer model projecting the tidal waves of an earthquake

Simulation
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous 1251172432

- computer simulations is used for mathematical modeling, and many natural and human systems use them in the process of enginerring new technology. This makes researchers able to gain insight and observe the systems behaviors and relationships. 1251289641

Computer simulations vary from computer programs that run a few minutes, to network-based groups of computers running for hours, to ongoing simulations that run for days. The scale of events being simulated by computer simulations has far exceeded anything possible (or perhaps even imaginable) using the traditional paper-and-pencil mathematical modeling. 1251301817

The technique of representing a situation, process, or 'the real world' by a computer. Eg. Pilot training, driving training. ([|Source]) 1251333436 Example of a simulation program for airplanes1251344447

A machine that simulates flight motion, used to train pilots. 1251344618

Feedback Loop
The path that carries information from the person who receives a communication back to the person who sent the communication. 1251172432

-For example feedback loop is used in a flight simulator, where the plane and pilot react to data from each other. So when the pilot changes the elevation angle by feeding input data to the model plane, the model responds to the new state of the aircraft by adjusting to the pilot's commands. Then the pilot can respond again and the plane will adjust and so on. 1251289641

When an event is part of a chain of cause-and-effect that forms a circuit or loop, then the event is said to //"feed back"// into itself. 1251301817

The situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence the same event/phenomenon in the present or future. ([|Source]) 1251333436


 * Feedback loop**; the causal path that leads from the initial generation of the feedback signal to the subsequent modification of the event. 1251336236

Feedback loop is a system used that constanty calculates the input information. Then system then adjusts according to what is inputted. The system then requests more information from the user, thus the "loop". 1251344618