Exam 13: Simulation and Modeling

What about stochastic components makes some systems difficult to model?

A ____ is one of the most popular and widely used techniques for building computer models.

Some physical models have serious moral and ethical consequences.

We can experiment on the model and use these results to understand the behavior of the actual system.

Computational steering is usually feasible using physical models. _________________________

It is possible to discover the same features displayed in a graph from a textual representation of the output of a model, but it would probably take much more time.

Computational models are also called ____ models.

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 concerned with how to visually display a large data set in a way that is most helpful to users and that maximizes its comprehension.

Providing an example, discuss image animation as a form of scientific visualization.

We always know, in a mathematical sense, exactly how to describe certain types of systems and behaviors.

When a system contains ____, it means that there are parts of the system that display random behavior.

List at least four reasons for the construction of a simulation model as opposed to the study of the system itself, or a physical replica of the system.

A random integer v that takes on one of the values 1, 2, 3, . . . , 100 with equal likelihood is called a ____.

Scientists often work with a model of a system rather than experimenting on the "real thing."

A model of a business in which customers walk into the store at random times employs a model that uses ____ rather than precise and exact equations.

When we process an event, we change the ____ of the simulated system in the same way that the actual system would change if this event had occurred in real life.

It is common for the output of a computational model to be displayed as a two-dimensional graph rather than a three-dimensional image.

The ____________________ is the fundamental way to obtain new scientific knowledge and understanding.

____ is a design approach that says only when we think we have created the best design possible would we actually build it.