Exam 12: Simulation and Modeling

The field of ____ is concerned with the issue of how to visualize data in a way that highlights its important characteristics and simplifies its interpretation.

Galileo's model of a falling body is ____ because it does not account for the effects of air resistance.

In a ____ model, we write out a set of explicit mathematical equations that describes the behavior of a system as a continuous function of time t .

The processing of one event cannot cause new events to occur in the future.

In a ____ simulation, we model the behavior of a system only at an explicit and finite set of times.

One reason for constructing a simulation model is that it may be dangerous to experiment on the actual system or a physical replica.

The results you get out of a simulation model are only as good as the data and the assumptions put into the model.

Simulation models are always based on existing, accessible physical models.

Science is now sufficiently knowledgeable about how most systems function and can characterize their behavior using explicit mathematical formulae.

The ____ Theory predicted that heavy objects would fall faster than light ones.