TY - BOOK ID - 77944244 TI - The promise and limits of computer modeling PY - 2007 SN - 1281918938 9786611918934 981277002X 9789812770028 9781281918932 9789812707956 9812707956 PB - Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Computer simulation. KW - Celestial mechanics KW - Virtual reality. KW - Environments, Virtual KW - Virtual environments KW - Virtual worlds KW - Computer simulation KW - Reality KW - Gravitational astronomy KW - Mechanics, Celestial KW - Astrophysics KW - Mechanics KW - Computer modeling KW - Computer models KW - Modeling, Computer KW - Models, Computer KW - Simulation, Computer KW - Electromechanical analogies KW - Mathematical models KW - Simulation methods KW - Model-integrated computing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77944244 AB - 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, illustra ER -