The Promise and Limits of Computer Modeling

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This book fills this need.It focuses on computer models throughout, yet its exposition of the nature and limits of modeling is entirely general.

The Promise and Limits of Computer Modeling
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Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences

Release on 2003-02-07 | by Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel

Huston, M., DeAngelis, D. and Post, W. (1988), 'New computer models unify
ecological theory', BioScience, 38, 682–691. Johannsen, W. (1909), Elemente
der exacten Erblichkeitslehre, Gustav Fischer, Jena. Kacser, H. and Burns, J. A. (
1981), ...

Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences
  • Author: Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9780470854174
  • Category: Science
  • Page: 382
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Reductionism as a scientific methodology has been extraordinarily successful in biology. However, recent developments in molecular biology have shown that reductionism is seriously inadequate in dealing with the mind-boggling complexity of integrated biological systems. This title presents an appropriate balance between science and philosophy and covers traditional philosophical treatments of reductionism as well as the benefits and shortcomings of reductionism in particular areas of science. Discussing the issue of reductionism in the practice of medicine it takes into account the holistic and integrative aspects that require the context of the patient in his biological and psychological entirety. The emerging picture is that what first seems like hopeless disagreements turn out to be differences in emphasis. Although genes play an important role in biology, the focus on genetics and genomics has often been misleading. The consensus view leads to pluralism: both reductionst methods and a more integrative approach to biological complexity are required, depending on the questions that are asked. * An even balance of contributions from scientists and philosophers of science - representing a unique interchange between both communities interested in reductionism

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information

Release on 2008-04-15 | by Luciano Floridi

One promise of philosophical computer modeling is highly abstract
crossdisciplinary work of precisely this type. Models in the physical and ...
computer modeling. In reply, it must simply be admitted that all models have
major limitations built in.

The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Computing and Information
  • Author: Luciano Floridi
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 9780470756768
  • Category: Science
  • Page: 392
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This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing. A complete guide to the philosophy of computing and information. Comprises 26 newly-written chapters by leading international experts. Provides a complete, critical introduction to the field. Each chapter combines careful scholarship with an engaging writing style. Includes an exhaustive glossary of technical terms. Ideal as a course text, but also of interest to researchers and general readers.

New Scientist

Release on 1988-03-17 | by

Divers work on the physical limits below the sea Bullish investors began farming
the wind in California after federal ... Their work promises to extend computer
modelling to problems previously considered too complex to handle. "Only a
small ...

New Scientist
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New Scientist magazine was launched in 1956 "for all those men and women who are interested in scientific discovery, and in its industrial, commercial and social consequences". The brand's mission is no different today - for its consumers, New Scientist reports, explores and interprets the results of human endeavour set in the context of society and culture.

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics X

Release on 2012-12-06 | by David P. Landau

This is a difficult problem but one that promises to lead to interesting new physics.
We studied this problem first using a semiclassical approximation and then
carried out QMC simulations of the effective action in this limit. There we found
that if ...

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics X
  • Author: David P. Landau
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 9783642468513
  • Category: Science
  • Page: 267
  • View: 540

Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed-Matter Physics X is devoted to Prof. Masuo Suzuki's ideas, which have made novel, new simulations possible. These proceedings, of the 1997 workshop, comprise three parts that deal with new algorithms, methods of analysis, and conceptual developments. The first part contains invited papers that deal with simulational studies of classical systems. The second of the proceedings is devoted to invited papers on quantum systems, including new results for strongly correlated electron and quantum spin models. The final part contains a large number of contributed presentations.

Focus on Human Biology

Release on 1995 | by Carl E. Rischer

Box 2 - 1 Computer Modeling : Its Promises , Its Limitations TA SUMMARY
STUDY QUESTIONS Elements of Chemistry ... They construct a mathematical
model of those interactions , and then they let the model run for a time on a
computer .

Focus on Human Biology
  • Author: Carl E. Rischer
  • Publisher: Harpercollins College Division
  • ISBN: 006501796X
  • Category: Human biology.
  • Page: 591
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In an effort to enhance the way students think about life, their bodies and what it means to be human, this book introduces human biology from biochemical basics to traditional body systems. This helps students prepare for many complex issues facing them today.

Integrated Circuit and System Design Power and Timing Modeling Optimization and Simulation

Release on 2003-09-03 | by PATMOS 2003

Advanced Cell Modeling Techniques Based on Polynomial Expressions Wen-
Tsong Shiue and Weetit Wanalertlak School of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science Oregon State University, Owen 220, Corvallis, OR 97331
VKLXH#HFH RUVW HGX Abstract. ... The Synopsys' Scalable Polynomial Delay
Model (SPDM) [1][2] provides an excellent alternative technique that promises to
limit the data ...

Integrated Circuit and System Design Power and Timing Modeling Optimization and Simulation
  • Author: PATMOS 2003
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 9783540200741
  • Category: Computers
  • Page: 631
  • View: 365

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Power and Timing Modeling, Optimization and Simulation, PATMOS 2003, held in Torino, Italy in September 2003. The 43 revised full papers and 18 revised poster papers presented together with three keynote contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on gate-level modeling and characterization, interconnect modeling and optimization, asynchronous techniques, RTL power modeling and memory optimization, high-level modeling, power-efficient technologies and designs, communication modeling and design, and low-power issues in processors and multimedia.

The Promise of American Industry

Release on 1990 | by Donald L. Losman

The book , which received great notoriety , was entitled The Limits to Growth .
The authors used a computer model to demonstrate that the world as a whole
was outstripping resource limits in fossil fuels and other resources . A collapse of
the ...

The Promise of American Industry
  • Author: Donald L. Losman
  • Publisher: Praeger
  • ISBN: UCAL:B4395598
  • Category: Business & Economics
  • Page: 275
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Losman and Liang provide a framework for an alternative analysis of American industry and present the supporting economic data. Focusing primarily on the manufacturing sector, the authors examine the effects of such influences as increased foreign competition, technology advances, and the changing position of the United States in the world economy on American industry. They reveal that although the once unchallenged preeminence of the United States economy and its industrial capabilities is clearly a thing of the past, American industry still exhibits major strengths and that positive changes are taking place.

Molecular Models for Fluids

Release on 2007-01-22 | by Klaus Lucas

Designing molecular models for fluids has an interdisciplinary background of
foundations. Their thorough understanding is the basis for developing new
models and appreciating the promise as well as the limitations of those that are
established. ... link between the molecular energy of a system and its
macroscopic thermodynamic functions is provided by statistical mechanics and
by computer simulation.

Molecular Models for Fluids
  • Author: Klaus Lucas
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781139462204
  • Category: Technology & Engineering
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This book presents the development of modern molecular models for fluids from the interdisciplinary fundamentals of classical and statistical mechanics, of electrodynamics and of quantum mechanics. The concepts and working equations of the various fields are briefly derived and illustrated in the context of understanding the properties of molecular systems. Special emphasis is devoted to the quantum mechanical basis, since this is used throughout in the calculation of the molecular energy of a system. The book is application oriented. It stresses those elements that are essential for practical model development. The fundamentals are then used to derive models for various types of applications. Finally, equation of state models are presented based on quantum chemically based models for the intermolecular potential energy and perturbation theory. The book is suited for graduate courses in chemical and mechanical engineering, physics and chemistry, but may also, by proper selection, be found useful on the undergraduate level.

Sensor Based Intelligent Robots

Release on 2002-03-20 | by Gregory D. Hager

Towards Robust Perception and Model Integration Bernt Schiele, Martin
Spengler, and Hannes Kruppa Perceptual ... Therefore, combining different and
complementary visual cues and object models promises to increase the
robustness and generality of today's computer vision algorithms. ... The goal of
our research is to overcome limitations of individual models by combining
multiple models at different ...

Sensor Based Intelligent Robots
  • Author: Gregory D. Hager
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 9783540433996
  • Category: Technology & Engineering
  • Page: 380
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Robotics is a highly interdisciplinary research topic, that requires integration of methods for mechanics, control engineering, signal processing, planning, gra- ics, human-computer interaction, real-time systems, applied mathematics, and software engineering to enable construction of fully operational systems. The diversity of topics needed to design, implement, and deploy such systems implies that it is almost impossible for individual teams to provide the needed critical mass for such endeavors. To facilitate interaction and progress on sensor-based intelligent robotics inter-disciplinary workshops are necessary through which - depthdiscussioncanbeusedforcrossdisseminationbetweendi?erentdisciplines. The Dagstuhl foundation has organized a number of workshops on Mod- ing and Integration of Sensor Based Intelligent Robot Systems. The Dagstuhl seminars take place over a full week in a beautiful setting in the Saarland in Germany. The setting provides an ideal environment for in-depth presentations and rich interaction between the participants. This volume contains papers presented during the fourth workshop held - tober 15–20, 2000. All papers were submitted by workshop attendees, and were reviewed by at least one reviewer. We wish to thank all of the reviewers for their invaluable help in making this a high-quality selection of papers. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Schloss Dagstuhl Foundation and the sta? at Springer-Verlag. Without their support the production of this volume would not have been possible.

Cooperative Agents

Release on 2013-06-29 | by N.J. Saam

the use of agent-based modelling and their successes and limitations. We also
look at a hard but ... a life of their own. However, the further and particular
promise of agent-based modelling is that it enables us to work with computer
models that ...

Cooperative Agents
  • Author: N.J. Saam
  • Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
  • ISBN: 9789401711777
  • Category: Computers
  • Page: 216
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Agent-based modelling on a computer appears to have a special role to play in the development of social science. It offers a means of discovering general and applicable social theory, and grounding it in precise assumptions and derivations, whilst addressing those elements of individual cognition that are central to human society. However, there are important questions to be asked and difficulties to overcome in achieving this potential. What differentiates agent-based modelling from traditional computer modelling? Which model types should be used under which circumstances? If it is appropriate to use a complex model, how can it be validated? Is social simulation research to adopt a realist epistemology, or can it operate within a social constructionist framework? What are the sociological concepts of norms and norm processing that could either be used for planned implementation or for identifying equivalents of social norms among co-operative agents? Can sustainability be achieved more easily in a hierarchical agent society than in a society of isolated agents? What examples are there of hybrid forms of interaction between humans and artificial agents? These are some of the sociological questions that are addressed.

Promise Or Peril

Release on 1976 | by Robert A. Liston

A similar optimism exists concerning the use of computers to predict the future of
mankind . Professor Meadows and his associates did not think they had the last
word on the subject . They wrote in The Limits to Growth : The model ( of the ...

Promise Or Peril
  • Author: Robert A. Liston
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  • ISBN: STANFORD:36105036570732
  • Category: Technology
  • Page: 160
  • View: 413

Some of the most intelligent minds in the nation believe that the answer to our problem is technology; but, it must be handled correctly, for the good of man.

Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids

Release on 2011-08-10 | by Li-He Zhang

Cheatham, T.E. Young, M.A.; Molecular dynamics simulation of nucleic acids:
successes, limitations, and promise. Biopolymers 2000 ... Beveridge, D. L.;
McConnell, K.J. Nucleic acids: theory and computer simulation, Y2K. J. Current
Opinion ...

Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
  • Author: Li-He Zhang
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1118092813
  • Category: Medical
  • Page: 448
  • View: 139

Complete, up-to-date coverage of the broad area of nucleic acid chemistry and biology Assembling contributions from a collection of authors with expertise in all areas of nucleic acids, medicinal chemistry, and therapeutic applications, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids presents a thorough overview of nucleic acid chemistry—a rapidly evolving and highly challenging discipline directly responsible for the development of antiviral and antitumor drugs. This reliable resource delves into a multitude of subject areas involving the study of nucleic acids—such as the new advances in genome sequencing, and the processes for creating RNA interference (RNAi) based drugs—to assist pharmaceutical researchers in removing roadblocks that hinder their ability to predict drug efficacy. Offering the latest cutting-edge science in this growing field, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids includes: In-depth coverage of the development and application of modified nucleosides and nucleotides in medicinal chemistry A close look at a large range of current topics on nucleic acid chemistry and biology Essential information on the use of nucleic acid drugs to treat diseases like cancer A thorough exploration of siRNA for RNAi and the regulation of microRNA, non-coding RNA (ncRNA), a newly developing and exciting research area Thorough in its approach and promising in its message, Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleic Acids probes the new domains of pharmaceutical research—and exposes readers to a wealth of new drug discovery opportunities emerging in the dynamic field of nucleic acid chemistry.

Crisis Communications the Promise and Reality

Release on 1987 | by

SIMULATION ELEMENTS The multiple satellite network computer simulation is
written in SIMSCRIPT II.5 , a powerful ... Each transmitter has an associated finite
range limit , which determines the receiving nodes it may reach as well as the ...

Crisis Communications the Promise and Reality
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  • Category: Communications, Military
  • Page: 948
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2001 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

Release on 2001 | by William F. Waite

Intent Recognition for Behavioral Vehicle Model Synchronization in Distributed
Embedded Simulations Distributed Simulation of an ... distributed embedded
training , learning by observation Abstract Embedded simulations hold great
promise for highly realistic ... One of those , the limitation on available bandwidth
to meet the huge communication demands of embedded simulation , is being
addressed ...

2001 Summer Computer Simulation Conference
  • Author: William F. Waite
  • Publisher: Society for Computer Simulation
  • ISBN: 1565552415
  • Category: Computers
  • Page: 695
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Steam Water and Hydrothermal Systems

Release on 2000 | by Peter R. Tremaine

The limitations of a purely structural interpretation of ionic mobility phenomena
are discussed. The results underscore the importance of computer simulation as
a unique window on molecular structure and dynamics ... New experimental
results [4-9], coming particularly from the area of scattering [4-8], are providing
new direct probes of structure in both pure SCW and solutions, and promise to
change this ...

Steam Water and Hydrothermal Systems
  • Author: Peter R. Tremaine
  • Publisher: NRC Research Press
  • ISBN: 9780660177786
  • Category: Feed-water
  • Page: 954
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This work includes 140 papers on pure and applied research of physics and chemistry of hydrothermal systems. It includes papers on metastable states, nucleation, super-cooled water and high temperature aqueous solutions.

Science the Achievement and the Promise

Release on 1968 | by

Geometry signifies our recognition of the limits of the three dimensions in which
we operate ; the handling of ... and then break into a towering discontinuity , in
computer modeling of a situation in the crystal so sensitive to time changes that
the ...

Science the Achievement and the Promise
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  • Category: Science and civilization
  • Page: 136
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Physical and Cultural Space in Pre industrial Europe

Release on 2011-01-01 | by Marko Lamberg

... promises and limitations of archaeological perceptions of landscapes and their
visualizations have ranged from enthusiastic optimism to rather deep reservation.
1 Rapidly expanding pathways in the field of advanced computer graphics and ...

Physical and Cultural Space in Pre industrial Europe
  • Author: Marko Lamberg
  • Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
  • ISBN: 9789185509614
  • Category: History
  • Page: 393
  • View: 898

Prior to the Industrial Era, the geography of Europe posed problems, but also offered possibilities for its people. Distances created obstacles to communication and state formation, but at the same time, inhabitants and officials in peripheral areas gained room to pursue more independent action and allowing unique customs to flourish. In Physical and Cultural Space in Pre-industrial Europe the authors seek to answer how early modern Europeans -- rulers, officials, aristocrats, scholars, priests, and commoners -- perceived, utilised and organised the space around them. The geographic focus is on northern Europe, where distances played a more important role in society than in the densely populated areas of Southern Europe. Written by nineteen scholars of history, archaeology and ethnology, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to European spaces of the past and the human agents within them.

Empty Promise

Release on 1986 | by Union of Concerned Scientists Staff

In addition to simple oversights , the models will probably contain implicit
assumptions to make these very difficult ... root of one of the most fundamental
limitations of software engineering : one can never have more confidence in a
computer ...

Empty Promise
  • Author: Union of Concerned Scientists Staff
  • Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
  • ISBN: MINN:31951000676930Q
  • Category: Political Science
  • Page: 238
  • View: 329

Discusses the politics behind the Star Wars project, evaluates the effectiveness of the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, and looks at SDIs effect on arms control negotiation

The Aeronautical Journal

Release on 1986 | by

... range of extensions than the commonly used sinusoidal limit . Computer
simulation results have demonstrated the promise of the scheme which also
incorporates a method of reducing spurious cues due to platform cross - coupling
effects .

The Aeronautical Journal
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  • ISBN: UCSD:31822015410145
  • Category: Aeronautics
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