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Future directions in computer simulation

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Developments in computer hardware and software are making significant improvements in the availability of simulation for biomedical researchers. This paper reviews past and present techniques for digital computer simulation and looks at improvements likely in the near future. In the area of hardware, personal computers are making computing and simulation more widely available and at the same time, supercomputers and special-purpose numerical processors are making it possible to solve larger problems. Software developments for simulation are reducing the time, effort and special skills required to produce a simulation program. A new hierarchical linker is proposed to make it easy to synthesize a global model by combining existing submodels. In the more distant future, computer models may be constructed graphically and with the assistance of intelligent programs capable of analysis and information retrieval.

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  1. Department of Physiology and National Biomedical Simulation Resource, Duke University Medical Center, 27710, Durham, NC, USA

    J. Mailen Kootsey

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Mailen Kootsey, J. Future directions in computer simulation. Bltn Mathcal Biology 48, 405–415 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02459689

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