Simulation is the imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system.Key issues in simulation include acquisition of valid source information about the referent, selection of key characteristics and behaviours, the use of simplifying approximations and assumptions within the simulation, and fidelity and validity of the simulation outcomes.[Source: Wikipedia]
Simulation is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.40,45,47,49,65,70,76,83,89,203,208...) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 3: Alternative Paths to Components and Systems
Objective ICT-2011.3.1 Very advanced nanoelectronic components: design, engineering, technology and manufacturability
Objective ICT-2011.3.3 New paradigms for embedded systems, monitoring and control towards complex systems engineering
Objective ICT-2011.3.4 Computing Systems
Objective ICT-2011.3.5 Core and disruptive photonic technologies
Objective ICT-2011.3.6 Flexible, Organic and Large Area Electronics and Photonics
> Challenge 5: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Objective ICT-2011.5.1: Personal Health Systems (PHS)
Objective ICT-2011.5.5 ICT for smart and personalised inclusion
Objective ICT-2011.5.6 ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
Objective ICT-2011.6.2 ICT systems for energy efficiency
Objective GC-ICT-2011.6.8 ICT for fully electric vehicles
> Challenge 7: ICT for the Enterprise and Manufacturing
Objective FoF-ICT-2011.7.4 Digital factories: Manufacturing design and product lifecycle management
> Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Objective ICT-2011.9.7: FET Proactive: Dynamics of Multi-Level Complex Systems (DyM-CS)
Objective ICT-2011.9.13 Exa-scale computing, software and simulation
