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- catalog abstract "In Would-Be Worlds, acclaimed author John Casti takes readers on a fascinating excursion through a number of remarkable silicon microworlds and shows us how they are being used to formulate important new theories and to solve a host of practical problems. We visit Tierra, a "computerized terrarium" in which artificial life forms known as biomorphs grow and mutate, revealing new insights into natural selection and evolution. We play a game of Balance of Power, a. Simulation of the complex forces shaping geopolitics. And we take a drive through TRANSIMS, a model of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discover the root causes of events like traffic jams and accidents. Along the way, Casti probes the answers to a host of profound questions these "would-be worlds" raise about the new science of simulation.".
- catalog contributor b9817603.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "In Would-Be Worlds, acclaimed author John Casti takes readers on a fascinating excursion through a number of remarkable silicon microworlds and shows us how they are being used to formulate important new theories and to solve a host of practical problems. We visit Tierra, a "computerized terrarium" in which artificial life forms known as biomorphs grow and mutate, revealing new insights into natural selection and evolution. We play a game of Balance of Power, a.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index.".
- catalog description "Reality bytes -- Pictures as programs -- The science of surprise -- Artificial worlds -- Reality of the virtual -- References -- Index.".
- catalog description "Simulation of the complex forces shaping geopolitics. And we take a drive through TRANSIMS, a model of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discover the root causes of events like traffic jams and accidents. Along the way, Casti probes the answers to a host of profound questions these "would-be worlds" raise about the new science of simulation.".
- catalog extent "xii, 242 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Would-be worlds.".
- catalog identifier "0471123080 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Would-be worlds.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : J. Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Would-be worlds.".
- catalog subject "003/.7 20".
- catalog subject "Computer simulation.".
- catalog subject "QA76.9.C65 C38 1996".
- catalog subject "QA76.9.C65 C38 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reality bytes -- Pictures as programs -- The science of surprise -- Artificial worlds -- Reality of the virtual -- References -- Index.".
- catalog title "Would-be worlds : how simulation is changing the frontiers of science / John L. Casti.".
- catalog type "text".