Crossword clues for simulation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Simulation \Sim`u*la"tion\, n. [F. simulation, L. simulatio.] The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
Syn: Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past participle stem of simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar). Meaning "a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1954.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.'' 2 The process of simulating. 3 Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true. 4 (context soccer English) The act of fall over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
WordNet
n. (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated" [syn: computer simulation]
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) [syn: model]
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, feigning]
Wikipedia
Simulation is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of computer Science. The journal's editor is Levent Yilmaz ( Auburn University). It has been in publication since 1963 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. The act of simulating something first requires that a model be developed; this model represents the key characteristics or behaviors/ functions of the selected physical or abstract system or process. The model represents the system itself, whereas the simulation represents the operation of the system over time.
Simulation is used in many contexts, such as simulation of technology for performance optimization, safety engineering, testing, training, education, and video games. Often, computer experiments are used to study simulation models. Simulation is also used with scientific modelling of natural systems or human systems to gain insight into their functioning. Simulation can be used to show the eventual real effects of alternative conditions and courses of action. Simulation is also used when the real system cannot be engaged, because it may not be accessible, or it may be dangerous or unacceptable to engage, or it is being designed but not yet built, or it may simply not exist.
Key issues in simulation include acquisition of valid source information about the relevant selection of key characteristics and behaviours, the use of simplifying approximations and assumptions within the simulation, and fidelity and validity of the simulation outcomes. Procedures and protocols for model verification and validation are an ongoing field of academic study, refinement, research and development in simulations technology or practice, particularly in the field of computer simulation.
Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time.
Simulation may also refer to:
- Computer simulation, simulation (as above) via computers
- Simulation game, a video game that is a computer simulation
- Simulation (journal), a computer science academic journal
- Simulation preorder, a relation between state transition systems in computer science
- "Simulation", a house music song released in 2012 by Irish singer Róisín Murphy
- Diving (association football) (also known as simulation), misconduct in association football
Usage examples of "simulation".
Pacing the floor to keep warm, he wondered if Barranca himself had created the computer simulation of the Revelator.
Long before the simulation or extrapolation technology was used for entertainment, it had been used by the early Gold School for predicting outcomes of political-economic policy decisions and of major data movements in worldwide memory space.
There was a red-faced master horologe, impatient and severe in his red robes, a haikuist who had the haggard, disoriented look of someone who had recently experienced too much computer simulation, and three high novices fresh from a game of hokkee in the Ice Dome.
He was an unsurpassed expert on wind-tunnel computer simulations, as performed by the Hillis Massively Parallel Processor.
It is the closest simulation of death that the Metaverse can offer, but all it really does is cause the user a lot of annoyance.
I had my computer work out a number of military simulations, and I finally decided that the only way I could accept Principia as the origin of the race we sought would be if the planet existed in the vicinity of Adhara, which of course was not the case.
For himself and his fellow quirky enthusiasts, the kind of simulation arenas available to Edenists through perceptual reality environments were anathema.
A dozen were not slowing at all and would maintain full speed all the way to and most of the way through the system, their crews and systems trained over hundreds of simulations for an ultra-high-speed pass across Ulubis planetary system which would last for less than four hours.
Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.
I ran the simulations dozens of ways, altering variables such as subpopulation movements, materials shortages, and shifts in standards of living.
Defense Department money to create an environment where pilot trainees for the new superjets could get a nearly perfect simulation of flying.
None of their battle simulations had included a seemingly unprecipitated attack out of thin air.
Since assuming command of their battleships, the admiral had regularly tested them with intensive simulations of various Fleet-attack scenarios.
Instead of pre-setting the conditions of each simulation, perhaps we should try a Darwinistic approach.
For three years, he had a post-doc fellowship in models and computer simulations, and currently has one in vivo electrophysiology, but his job as a junior scientist researcher at U.