Computer simulations of statistical models and dynamic complex systems

Computer Simulations of Statistical Models and Dynamic Complex Systems

This article is an expanded version of the notes used by the authors in the course taught in the 2004 edition of the Brazilian School of Statistical Mechanics (EBME), held in February of 2004 at the São Carlos campus of the State University of São Paulo (USP). The various sections are mostly independent of each other, and can be read in any order. Different styles and notations, independently a...

Statistical Validation of Complex Computer Models

Introduction This paper presents an overview of statistical validation of complex computer models. Such models—used, for example, to simulate traffic in a street network, a car crash, the effect of increasing CO2 on global warming, or the cost-effectiveness of a procedures in cancer screening—play important roles in scientific research and policy and decision making. The computer models discuss...

Complex Systems Models - Engineering Simulations

As part of research towards the CoSMoS unified infrastructure for modelling and simulating complex systems, we review uses of definitional and descriptive models in natural science and computing, and existing integrated platforms. From these, we identify requirements for engineering models of complex systems, and consider how some of the requirements could be met, using state-of-the-art model m...

Statistical Adjustment, Calibration, and Uncertainty Quantification of Complex Computer Models

Corrections to Temperature in Computer Simulations of Complex Systems

Final Report: Nonlinear Corrections to Temperature in Computer Simulations of Complex Systems Report Title Temperature is the familiar thermodynamic quantity that governs heat flow between large systems. However, temperature comes from just the linear (first-order) derivative of entropy with respect to energy, so that nonlinear corrections may contribute significantly to the equilibrium propert...