Title: Explain the benefits of modeling and simulation.
Course: Engineering Analysis and Applications II (21016-36) > Section: Using Logic and Problem-Solving Techniques

Explanation should include the ways that modeling and simulation allows for

- ideas to be tested in a virtual environment that
  - is safer (e.g., simulates within a range of conditions and extremes without physical risk)
  - reveals ergonomic issues
  - is easier to control (e.g., confidence in predictability based on known inputs and effect of variables)
  - is easier to modify (e.g., variables of time, conditions, scale, materials, chemistry)
- improvements in cost-effectiveness over real-world testing
- identification of differences between model and prototype efficiency when creating a prototype
- errors in design/logic to emerge prior to implementation.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the various ways in which one’s project might  benefit from modeling and simulation?
- Why is it important to create, test, and analyze models? What is the difference between a model and a prototype?
- Why do manufacturers and designers use computer simulations instead of creating a physical model or prototype?