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Improving Information for Social Policy Decisions -- The Uses of Microsimulation Modeling Volume II, Technical Papers (1991) / Chapter Skim
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... Below, several aspects are addressed of what we believe will be included in future computing environments available for microanalytic simulation activities. The discussion focuses on desktop computing environments because of our belief that they are becoming adequate and appropriate for such activity.
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... In the past, microanalytic simulation systems have met this requirement by compressing the data in different ways, including variable field width storage, bit-packed bytes and words, tagged fields, and zero field suppression. Two costs are involved: the cost of storing the data on an external medium such as a disk or tape and the cost of reading and then converting the data into internal form for the simulation program.
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  • microanalytic simulation
  • operating characteristics
  • future computing
  • population size
  • user interface

  • primary memory
  • computing environments
  • operating characteristic
  • mainframe computer
  • microanalytic model

  • disk storage
  • desktop environments
  • computing environment
  • simulation activities
  • desktop computing

  • simulation population
  • simulation experiments
  • simulation experiment
  • computer programs


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