Exam 13: Simulation and Modeling

____ consists of looking for ways to convert the data to other forms or to different units that will make the display easier to understand and interpret.

The clever use of visual enhancements such as ____ can make an enormous difference in how easy or hard it is to interpret the output of a computer model.

Building a good model can be a difficult task that requires us to capture, in translational form, all the important factors that influence the behavior of a system. _________________________

_______ is one of the most powerful and useful forms of scientific visualization.

The throw of the dice or the drawing of a card, if looked at programmatically, may be considered a __________.

What about stochastic components makes some systems difficult to model?

A model must be an accurate representation of the physical system, but at the same time, it must be simple enough to implement as a program or set of equations and solve on a computer in a reasonable amount of time.

Most simulations produce tens or hundreds of thousands of lines of ____________________.

In a computer simulation, a physical system is modeled as a set of mathematical equations and/or algorithmic procedures that capture the fundamental characteristics and behavior of a system. _________________________

Computational models can only be graphed and never use three dimensional images.