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The guide to computer simulations and games / Katrin Becker, J.R. Parker.
Publication details: Indianapolis, Ind. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.Description: xxxiv, 446 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781118009239 (pbk.) :
- 1118009231 (pbk.) :
- LB1028.5 .B422 2012
- QA76.76.C672 B43 2012
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Summary: "If you're a professional trainer, educator, development team leader, or corporate decision-maker, this book will help you understand and use games and simulations to educate and explain. Filled with examples, it shows you how to create and maintain different types of simulations using computerized techniques--without becoming a programmer."--P. [4] of cover.
Spoilers -- Fundamentals -- Going digital -- How programs work -- The stuff of which simulations are made -- Randomness -- A single server queuing system -- Visualization -- Verification and validation -- Sims and games for learning -- Simulation tools -- A hospital emergency department (single server queuing system II) -- Boarding a passenger airliner (decision making) -- Cooking simulation and food safety -- The stock market (serious game) -- Now what?
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QA 76.76 .C672 B43 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5094774 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spoilers -- Fundamentals -- Going digital -- How programs work -- The stuff of which simulations are made -- Randomness -- A single server queuing system -- Visualization -- Verification and validation -- Sims and games for learning -- Simulation tools -- A hospital emergency department (single server queuing system II) -- Boarding a passenger airliner (decision making) -- Cooking simulation and food safety -- The stock market (serious game) -- Now what?
"If you're a professional trainer, educator, development team leader, or corporate decision-maker, this book will help you understand and use games and simulations to educate and explain. Filled with examples, it shows you how to create and maintain different types of simulations using computerized techniques--without becoming a programmer."--P. [4] of cover.
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