simulation
Attempting to predict aspects of the behaviour of some system
by creating an approximate (mathematical) model of it. This
can be done by physical modelling, by writing a
special-purpose computer program or using a more general
simulation package, probably still aimed at a particular kind
of simulation (e.g. structural engineering, fluid flow).
Typical examples are aircraft flight simlators or electronic
circuit simulators. A great many simulation languages exist,
e.g. {Simula}.
See also {emulation}, {Markov chain}.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.simulation}.
(1995-02-23)