Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 548 g
Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 548 g
ISBN: 978-981-270-795-6
Verlag: World Scientific Publishing Company
Many books deal with the techniques of designing, building and testing computer models and simulations, but few have seriously examined what models are based on, their inherent limitations, and their essential role in extending human knowledge. This book fills this need.
It focuses on computer models throughout, yet its exposition of the nature and limits of modeling is entirely general. A chapter on the development of celestial mechanics models illustrates how models progress and are essential to natural science. Chapters on models of global climate, population, economics and warfare, illustrate both the possibilities and limits of modeling nature and similar deterministic processes in human affairs.
The book also discusses the serious limitations placed on the simulation of human societies and their histories, since models must deal with both cultural and natural forces. The concluding chapter explores virtual realities as systems of interactive images generated by computer models.
Zielgruppe
Researchers and professionals in software engineering/programming and computational physics and educated laymen.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Computersimulation & Modelle, 3-D Graphik
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Grafikprogrammierung
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering Objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
- Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmierung: Methoden und Allgemeines
Weitere Infos & Material
The Jade Mountain
What are Models?
The Modeling Process
An Object-Oriented Universe
The Crossroads of Theory and Experiment
Modeling the Appearances
Laplace’s Mirage, or the Impossibility of the Exact Calculation of the World
Climates of Fact
Calculating War and Peace
From the Past into the Future: Is Historical Simulation Possible?
Virtual Reality … and Reality
