Polimath

How do we show a statement about politics is true? Analytic formal modelers suggest one way:

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Computational modeling and simulation have many similar things in common. They both involve using computers, they both use encoded descriptions of how things work, they both “run” one or (usually) many times.  The easiest way to see how they differ is to note their very different goals.

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