{"id":639,"date":"2007-03-01T09:33:12","date_gmt":"2007-03-01T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=639"},"modified":"2007-03-01T09:33:12","modified_gmt":"2007-03-01T09:33:12","slug":"matrix-simulating-the-world-part-i-particle-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2007\/03\/matrix-simulating-the-world-part-i-particle-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix: Simulating the world Part I &#8211; Particle models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Matrix1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-312\" alt=\"Matrix1\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Matrix1.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a>Building models forms the core of many areas of scientific and engineering research. Essentially, a model is a representation of a complex system that has been simplified in different ways to help understand its behaviour. An aeronautical engineer, for example, might build a miniaturised physical model of a fighter plane to test in a wind tunnel. In modern times, more and more modelling is being performed by computers &#8211; running mathematical models at very high rates of calculations. A computer model of the flow of air over a supersonic wing is incredibly sophisticated, but it is based on very basic principles of program design and simulation. In this article, the first half of a two-part feature on model behaviour, we&#8217;ll take a look at how simple computer models can be programmed to study some very interesting natural systems as well as focus on how a few scientists are using similar models in their own front-line research.<\/p>\n<p>Read full article on <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.maths.org\/content\/os\/issue42\/features\/dartnell\/index\" target=\"_blank\">+plus<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"Lewis_Dartnell\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Matrix%3A%20Simulating%20the%20world%20Part%20I%20-%20Particle%20models\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building models forms the core of many areas of scientific and engineering research. Essentially, a model is a representation of a complex system that has been simplified in different ways to help understand its behaviour. 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