Harald Sodemann :: Simulation. (notes)

A modelling framework

Make predictions from data.

EX: The relation between Coke and obesity. (Sugar=fat, due to human metabolism) (Weight *liters of Coke)

Real World > process > Abstraction model > modifying parameters > Simulation > data > compare/validate with the real world.

Abstract: Hypothesize  & Reduction. 

Take the real world apart (to the smallest components) and rebuild it.

Implementation: Feasability & Emphesize 

Descriptive / Physical model.

The application will determin the result of your prediction, safety, education, testing, and so on.

Sience > Politics > Engineering.

Conceptual Models; population growth > oil resources > social dynamics in solidarity networks (cooperative behaviour)

Interactions between different models and processes to understand  the whole.

EX: boxes from wether forecast : stratosphere to deep-sea level. (compare data to simulation)

Material behaviour/ physical & computational simulations.

Due to my background in industrial design I´m currently combining my pursuit of a master in interaction design with a course in computational analysis and simulations by Steinar Killi at AHO. 

Definitions:

1. "Simulation is the process of representing the dynamic behaviour of one system by the behaviour of an other system. " The Encyclopedia of Computer Science.

2. "Simulation is an analysis and planing tool that captures real world system variability and system-event interactions through time." www.simulationdynamics.com

Variations of simulations vary by the type of question to be answered. (Ex product/arcitecture: Renderings provide information of surfaces exposed to light == amount of shadow from the structure/self-shadow/light let through/possible heat-expansion/-contraction etc. )

(Physical simulation could be just measuring how much a pice of al. can take before it deforms)

The focus of this course will mostly be directed at material technology; computer aided manufacturing, element analyses, and end in a rapid prototyping project.