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Concept
Computer experiment
Summary
A computer experiment or simulation experiment is an experiment used to study a computer simulation, also referred to as an in silico system. This area includes computational physics, computational chemistry, computational biology and other similar disciplines.
Background
Computer simulations are constructed to emulate a physical system. Because these are meant to replicate some aspect of a system in detail, they often do not yield an analytic solution. Therefore, methods such as discrete event simulation or finite element solvers are used. A computer model is used to make inferences about the system it replicates. For example, climate models are often used because experimentation on an earth sized object is impossible.
Objectives
Computer experiments have been employed with many purposes in mind. Some of those include:
- Uncertainty quantification: Characterize the uncertainty present in a computer simulation arising from unknowns during the computer simu
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