Chapter 14.3, Problem 1AC

Simulations

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the definition of a simulation technique?

2. Have simulation techniques been used for very many years?

3. Is it cost-effective to do simulation testing on some things such as airplanes or automobiles?

4. Why might simulation testing be better than real-life testing? Give examples.

5. When did physicists develop computer simulation techniques to study neutrons?

6. When could simulations be misleading or harmful? Give examples.

7. Could simulations have prevented previous disasters such as the Hindenburg or the 1986 Space Shuttle disaster?

8. What discipline is simulation theory based on?