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Computer simulation techniques have been developed in as diverse areas as military science and operations research and have recently been used in behavioral research. Computer simulation is an experimenting technique that involves the testing of a hypothesis about the underlying processes of a real-world phenomenon. To the degree the data from the simulation match real-world data, the computer simulation and its conceptual structure are assumed to successfully represent the real-world process simulated.
Portions of this study were previously published and are included with permission from F. Ozel, “Calibration and Validation of Computer Model BGRAF,” in J. D. Sime (1988) (ed.), Safety in the Built Environment. London: E & FN Spon.
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Ozel, F. (1993). Computer Simulation of Behavior in Spaces. In: Marans, R.W., Stokols, D. (eds) Environmental Simulation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1140-7_8
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