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A
computer model represents characteristics of some
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physical,
social, or economic phenomenon, and
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attempts
to reproduce or approximate its behavior
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and/or
outputs in response to inputs
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Trivial
example -- the Mac’s Audio CD Player, discussed as
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the
“perfect GUI,” attempts to replicate a physical CD player
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to
aid users in understanding its operation
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Complex
example -- Boeing’s 777 was designed on-line;
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certain
parts such as the wing used sophisticated techniques
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computational
fluid dynamics to create an “optimal” design
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