{"id":1639,"date":"2012-12-17T16:53:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T21:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2016-10-04T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T14:22:57","slug":"what-is-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2012\/12\/17\/what-is-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Simulation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are taking a break from Simulink features and capabilities to take a step back and look at the history of simulations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>What Is Simulation?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sometimes it is good to take a step back and remember why we do simulations in the first place. What is simulation? What kind of problems can simulations help us solve? What kind of questions can simulations answer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Who better to explain all that than a person who is not only a Simulink expert, but has also used simulations extensively for solving interesting and challenging engineering problems like designing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/simulink\/examples\/developing-the-apollo-lunar-module-digital-autopilot.html\">autopilot for Apollo Lunar Module<\/a> and developing a digital flight control system for forward-swept wing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grumman_X-29\">X-29 aircraft<\/a>. He even wrote a book titled<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/16294-numerical-computing-with-simulink--vol-1\"> Numerical Computing with Simulink<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/videos\/what-is-simulation-73224.html\" title=\"Learn how simulations answer questions, featuring Dr. Richard Gran, director (ret.), Advanced Concepts, Grumman, and member of the Apollo Lunar Module Digital Autopilot design team.\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/seth\/2012Q4\/gran-thumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sit back and enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/authors\/29218\">Dr. Richard Gran<\/a> talking about about the history of simulation and how simulations help answer questions:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-12 containing-block\"><div class=\"bc-outer-container add_margin_20\"><videoplayer><div class=\"video-js-container\"><video data-video-id=\"1964010991001\" data-video-category=\"blog\" data-autostart=\"false\" data-account=\"62009828001\" data-omniture-account=\"mathwgbl\" data-player=\"rJ9XCz2Sx\" data-embed=\"default\" id=\"mathworks-brightcove-player\" class=\"video-js\" controls><\/video><script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/62009828001\/rJ9XCz2Sx_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><script>if (typeof(playerLoaded) === 'undefined') {var playerLoaded = false;}(function isVideojsDefined() {if (typeof(videojs) !== 'undefined') {videojs(\"mathworks-brightcove-player\").on('loadedmetadata', function() {playerLoaded = true;});} else {setTimeout(isVideojsDefined, 10);}})();<\/script><\/div><\/videoplayer><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<br>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Let us know what you think about this video and if you would like to see more like that by leaving a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/seth\/?p=1639&#comment\">comment here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are taking a break from Simulink features and capabilities to take a step back and look at the history of simulations.\r\n\r\nWhat Is Simulation?\r\n\r\nSometimes it is good to take a step back... <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2012\/12\/17\/what-is-simulation\/\">read more >><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[71,7,24,30,10],"tags":[300,301,299],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5953,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions\/5953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}