Topic

Models

A collection of 6 issues

Digital Twin

A digital twin is a collection of digital data representing a physical object. The concept of a digital twin is born within engineering disciplines. A digital twin is created to optimize and test designs even before they are manufactured. The relation between the digital twin and the actual one doesn&

Decomposing a System

Systems can be decomposed in many ways. Depending on various aspects the resulting decomposition can look different. If they are divided in terms of technology, you could end up with different compartments or layers classified by the underlying technology. A system can be broken down by structure or function. Compartmental

Compartmental Models

Compartmental models is a type of mathematical model that tries to simulate events and systems by breaking them into compartments. An example of a compartmental model is the material flow in a production plant. A typical production plant would have stations that are sequentially arranged along which the product is

Turing Complete

A system of data-manipulation rules is said to be Turing complete if it can be used to simulate any Turing Machine. A Turing Machine is a mathematical model of computation that defines an abstract machine which manipulates data based on a set of rules. The actual machine invented by Alan

Monte Carlo Simulations

Monte Carlo simulations are used to determine the probability of an outcome from a model by using random variables. When the model contains a variable that is uncertain, Monte Carlo simulation takes that variable and assigns it a random value. Based on repeated runs of the simulation the end result

What are Models?

A model is a representation of a real world system. In most cases, they are a simplification of this real world. Models are used extensively within all fields to better understand any system. Ranging from cosmic events to the model of an atom. Models also help us predict the behaviour