Only now, instead of following fixed story lines and predictions assembled ahead of time, they are using computers to play what - if with an entire artificial society: an advanced
type of computer simulation called an agent - based model.
The problem with
this type of computer simulation has previously been that the amino acids of the proteins are so different, in terms of size, electrical charge, etc., which has presented problems in the calculations.
Not exact matches
A
computer simulation of two black holes merging into one created recently by scientists at the University
of Texas and the Theoretical Astrophysics Centre in Copenhagen should provide them with a detailed idea
of what
type of gravity waves to expect.
Two
computer simulation studies now suggest that cold - compressed graphite contains crystals
of a structure called body - centered tetragonal, or bct, in addition to another
type called M carbon.
In a paper published in the 2 November edition
of Nature Communications, corresponding author Zhang and his colleagues describe how they used a
computer simulation of two
types of methane hydrates, monocrystalline hydrates and polycrystalline hydrates, to see what would happen if they were compressed or if pressures on the hydrates were suddenly released.
«Virtual tissue technology reveals new drug target in polycystic kidney disease: Advanced
computer simulations show that failures
of cell adhesion and inhibition cause two
types of kidney cyst formation.»
A comparison with
computer simulations at Mainz University showed that the
type of motion depends a little on the shape
of the disk in which the whirl is formed.
By studying
computer simulations of astrophysical phenomena, scientists can figure out what
type of signals to expect from various gravitational wave sources.
Until now this
type of analysis has been a tedious process that involves comparing actual images
of lenses with a large number
of computer simulations of mathematical lensing models.
Šuvakov and Dmitrašinović's method was to start with an existing solution on a
computer simulation and then tweak its initial conditions until a new
type of orbit materialized, as they report in a paper in press at Physical Review Letters.
The researchers at Sandia and the university did molecular
computer simulations to predict what mutations would produce that desirable result when introduced into the enzyme - drug L - ASN2, commonly used to treat certain
types of leukemia.
Seeing himself as a strict empiricist whose hurricane predictions are based on decades
of «crunching huge piles
of data,» Gray is convinced that the atmosphere is too complicated to be captured in
computer simulations, at one point fulminating that «any experienced meteorologist that believes in a climate model
of any
type should have their head examined.»
Working with Professor Christopher Dede on River City — an interactive
computer simulation of a late 1800s river town — Dieterle examines how different
types of media and interfaces shape and change the way students think about material as they learn.
Basically, yBook provides a «paper book»
simulation on the
computer screen: you have two pages side - by - side instead
of just one in the middle
of your screen (it can be configured for viewing in single - page mode, suitable for tablet -
type PCs in portrait mode); the pages turn when you click them.
1) In meetings between Georgia Tech and IBM for us to possibly purchase a Blue Gene (hugely big fast
computer), discussions around the kinds
of codes that need this kind
of computing power are climate models, bioinformatics (dna
type simulations), and complex fluid flow
simulations.
SUMMARY
of QUALIFICATIONS * Highly knowledgeable
of installation procedures for various
computer hardware * In depth knowledge about the installation and maintenance
of different
types of networks e.g. LAN and WAN * Good exposure to HTTP, FTP, SSH, SMTP DNS, DHCP and TCP / IP - based services * Well trained in high - speed signal integrity
simulation * Ability to diagnose and repair desktop and laptop
computers