computer model

Virtual system representation

A computer model is a program that simulates real-world processes or systems, allowing researchers to test scenarios without physical experiments: climate computer models, economic computer models.

Scientists use computer models to predict outcomes, from weather patterns to disease spread.

The term emphasizes that the simulation runs on a computer rather than existing as physical or purely mathematical abstraction.

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  • runMove swiftly on foot
  • test runPreliminary performance check
  • dataFacts for analysis
  • big dataEnormous datasets analyzed computationally
  • simulationImitation of real processes

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physical realization

computer modelphysical model

Constructed representation of something

scale model · clay model · mock-up · architectural model · mockup

methodology

computer modelempirical observation

Facts gathered through senses

field study · direct observation · field trial · rule of thumb · clinical trial

abstraction level

computer modelnatural system

Self-organizing environmental order

reality

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