Simulation software: Difference between revisions

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Advanced [[computer programs]] can simulate [[power system]] behavior <ref>{{Cite web|url=|doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-809597-3.00518-6|title=Energy Management Softwares and Tools - Comprehensive Energy Systems - 5.6}}</ref>, [[weather]] conditions, [[electronic circuits]], [[chemical reactions]], [[mechatronics]] <ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mahmud|first=Khizir|last2=Town|first2=Graham E.|title=A review of computer tools for modeling electric vehicle energy requirements and their impact on power distribution networks|journal=Applied Energy|volume=172|pages=337–359|doi=10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.100|year=2016}}</ref>, [[Heat pump and refrigeration cycle|heat pumps]], [[control engineering|feedback control systems]], atomic reactions, even complex [[biological processes]]. In theory, any phenomena that can be reduced to mathematical data and equations can be simulated on a computer. Simulation can be difficult because most natural phenomena are subject to an almost infinite number of influences. One of the tricks to developing useful simulations is to determine which are the most important factors that affect the goals of the simulation.

In addition to imitating processes to see how they behave under different conditions, simulations are also used to test new theories. After creating a theory of causal relationships, the theorist can modifycodify the relationships in the form of a computer program. If the program then behaves in the same way as the real process, there is a good chance that the proposed relationships are correct.

==General simulation==