Friday, June 26, 2009

Limited simulations

Rules of play, chapter 27: Simulations are limited.

Against: Some simulations tend to be as complex as the aspects of reality that they simulate: e.g. to forecast weather you want as many data and formulas as you can manage.

1 comment:

  1. Maybe they try to be, but for complex phenomena we lack the almost infinite amount of data needed, and usually also a complete understanding of all the aspects of the phenomenon we try to simulate. Moreover, even when we do have all that information, making a detailed simulation is computationally too expensive to be feasible

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