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Democratizing Information Technology

2: Fundamentals

Chapter 2

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This chapter defines the context or domain in which you will be working through the rest of the book. It introduces simulation and modeling as general concepts and provides the algorithmic background and communication tools that will be used to describe the examples that are developed later chapters.

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  1. Why Definitions Matter
  2. Modeling Vs. Simulation
  3. What Is A Simulation?
  4. Simulations and Games before Computers
  5. Brief History Of Computer Simulation
  6. Summary
    1. Concepts
    2. Terminology
  7. References, Notes & Further Resources

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Figure 2-1: Consensus, Conflict, Correspondence and Contrast among Experts, Used With Permission (Shaw & Gaines, 1989)
Figure 2-2 :- The Royal Game of Ur, the oldest board game known.
Figure 2-2 :- The Royal Game of Ur, the oldest board game known.
Figure 2-3: – The Llink trainer, a primitive flight simulator.
Figure 2-4a: – The NASA LM Mission Simulator, a larger and more complex version of the Link trainer, was used for training astronauts.
Figure 2-4b