From Models to Simulations.

• Superior document: History and Philosophy of Technoscience Series
• Author: Varenne, Franck.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2018.; Ã2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: History and Philosophy of Technoscience Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 pages)

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of figures
• Acknowledgments
• List of French abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Geometric and botanic simulation
• The probabilistic simulation of branching biological shapes: Cohen (1966)
• The epistemic functions of modular programming, simulation and visualization
• The first geometric and realistic simulation of trees (Honda-Fisher, 1971-1977)
• The limitations of morphometry and of thermodynamics of trees
• The first geometric simulation of an actual tree: Terminalia
• A recap of geometric simulation
• Chapter 2: The logical model and algorithmic simulation of algae
• A botanist won over by logical positivism: the "theory of lifecycles" by A. Lindenmayer (1963-1965)
• Unusable set of axioms and used set of axioms
• From logical theory to automata theory (1966-1967)
• The "developmental model" and the rules of rewriting (1968)
• The dispute with Brian Carey Goodwin regarding "natural" formalisms
• Recap: the computer as automata model and deductive machine
• Chapter 3: The limitations of biometric models and the transition to simulation in agronomy
• The institutional and technical context of the IFCC (1966-1971)
• Transferring a little bit of econometrics to biometrics: a problem of optimization (1974)
• The first application of plant simulation in agronomics (1974-1975)
• Fragmented modelling and geometric simulation: de Reffye (1975-1981)
• Simulation, imitation and the sub-symbolic use of formalisms
• Chapter 4: A random and universal architectural simulation
• Making headway in botany: the notion of "architectural model" (1966-1978)
• The search for botanical realism (1978-1979)
• Criticisms of theoretical models
• Criticisms of biometric models
• A mixed reception (1979-1981).
• Chapter 5: Convergence between integrative simulation and computer graphics
• The relaunch of research into architectural simulation (1985-1991)
• Jaeger's thesis: the prefixed model and synthesis of botanical images (1987)
• Blaise's thesis: the simulation of bud parallelism (1991)
• How can an integrative simulation be validated?
• Chapter 6: Convergence between universal simulation and forestry (1990-1998)
• An epistemological dispute between modellers: INRA and CIRAD
• Conceptual and institutional convergence: the CIRAD/INRA partner laboratory (1995)
• The empirical value of simulation
• Supra-simulations
• Chapter 7: The remathematization of simulations (from 1998 onwards)
• The first mixed structure-function model: "water efficiency" (1997-1999)
• The parallel evolution of algorithmic simulation: 1984-1994
• Simulating the individual plant in order to observe crop functioning (1997-2000)
• The association between AMAP and INRIA: sub-structures and factorization (1998-2006)
• Recap: pluriformalized simulation and convergence between disciplines
• Chapter 8: Twenty-one functions of models and three types of simulations - classifications and applications
• General function, main functions and specific functions of models
• General characterization and classification of computer simulations
• System simulation, model simulation, system-simulation model and model-simulation model
• Applications to different plant models and plant simulations
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Selected bibliography
• Index of names
• Index of subjects.