http://blog.simudyne.com/ en pete.whipday@simudyne.com Copyright 2012 2012-04-17T16:43:10+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/interactive_exploration_of_dynamical_systems_on_ipad http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/interactive_exploration_of_dynamical_systems_on_ipad#When:16:08:06Z Interactive Exploration of a Dynamical System from Bret Victor. 2011-05-19T16:08:06+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/welcome http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/welcome#When:01:01:22Z Simudyne’s technologies deliver for forward planning what accountancy delivers retrospectively – you literally see the future before it happens. Our clients include organisations in sectors such as Energy, Pharmaceuticals, Defence, Security, Transport, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Government, Financial Services and Consumer Goods. 2009-01-01T01:01:22+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_shortlisted_for_cir_business_continuity_award http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_shortlisted_for_cir_business_continuity_award#When:16:43:10Z Simudyne is pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for the CIR Business Continuity Awards 2012 for the ‘Most Innovative Product of the Year’ with our IVE-E system. IVE-E, or Integrated Virtual Estates Environment, delivers a virtual ‘stage’ with which an organisation may exercise, manage and represent their facilities, security and operational subsystems, policies and plans using a variety of system outputs and interfaces. The most visually engaging component of… 2012-04-17T16:43:10+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_s.a_r.l._acquires_california_based_model_answers http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_s.a_r.l._acquires_california_based_model_answers#When:05:41:44Z Luxembourg and Santa Barbara, California–29 Jun 2011–Simudyne S.à r.l. is acquiring California-based Model Answers, provider of leading-edge visual simulation and analytics solutions. Based in Luxembourg, with offices in London and Houston, Simudyne provides simulation-based solutions for pharmaceuticals, energy & utilities, banking & finance, health care, telecommunications, and public service industries.  “We have worked with each other on successful projects over the last several years, and Simudyne’s international reach and deep expertise will provide an excellent platform to continue our work and research,” said Howard Park, Managing Director of Model Answers, who joins Simudyne’s US board with the acquisition. Justin… 2011-06-29T05:41:44+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_s.a_r.l._announces_acquisition_of_model_answers http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simudyne_s.a_r.l._announces_acquisition_of_model_answers#When:05:32:41Z Luxembourg and Santa Barbara, California–29 Jun 2011–Simudyne S.à r.l. is acquiring California-based Model Answers, provider of leading-edge visual simulation and analytics solutions. Read more >> 2011-06-29T05:32:41+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/has_anyone_built_the_perfect_virtual_world http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/has_anyone_built_the_perfect_virtual_world#When:07:49:44Z / Begin Rant No. We do not think the perfect virtual world (VW) has been built yet. Also, we don’t think that anything currently in development comes close either. We do think that it is important for new worlds to be created, but we fear that the VW sector will suffer many of the same problems that are being encountered in the Massively Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) market. Mainly, that a significant amount of venture funding will be spent on… 2011-05-18T07:49:44+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/what_are_sample_outputs_from_a_whiteboard_session http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/what_are_sample_outputs_from_a_whiteboard_session#When:10:15:10Z In a whiteboard session we explore the problem at hand with individuals who have a deep knowledge of that problem. We start by asking simple what, when, why, and how questions then translate the responses into a graphical form.  Often the depiction then raises more questions, which lead to refinement of the system’s depiction.  After that dialogue, we then have a better sense of the problem, how it can be modeled, what data to input to it, and how long it might take to build the model.  This outcome even helps to clarify the issues whether or not a… 2011-05-12T10:15:10+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/what_is_chaos_simulation http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/what_is_chaos_simulation#When:06:28:52Z Chaos Simulation is a term given to a specific area of computer simulations, which focuses primarily on the creation and presentation of theoretical situations and scenarios. However, what makes Chaos simulations stand apart from all other computer simulation fields, is the vast scope of variables that are taken into account. In a recent interview with a simulations developer who primarily worked on chaos simulations, they explained the difference between regular computer simulations - whose variables take into account random events and chaos simulations - whose variables theoretically take into account every possible event. “Randomness is like picking a number between… 2011-05-12T06:28:52+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/computer_simulation_a_breakdown http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/computer_simulation_a_breakdown#When:13:56:33Z Recently, more and more articles have appeared on various websites, articles and news reports, detailing advances and breakthroughs using computer simulations. One recent feature of this was a new generation of chaos simulations. These, in essence were simulation models that worked out every possible scenario and outcome, based on the parameters the user had input, and then presented the most likely results. This is slowly becoming a popular system within computer simulations, being used by a variety of government departments and commercial companies. The question many people are asking, however, is ‘What exactly is a computer simulation?’ and ‘how can… Blogging, 2011-05-09T13:56:33+00:00 http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simulation_science_in_medicine http://blog.simudyne.com/site/blog/simulation_science_in_medicine#When:13:19:11Z To start with, let me give a brief introduction of what is meant, in this case at least, by the word ‘Simulation’. More specifically, this refers to computer simulations which, in an easy to understand context, describes a program or system that attempts to replicate a situation in digital form so that it may be studied, amended and ‘tweaked’ to give a desired outcome or prediction. So, let’s take an example.  A military council debates a force-strike on a location they know to be occupied by hostile forces. By using simulation science, variables may be inputted into the system,… 2011-04-21T13:19:11+00:00