ISSN:
0192-8651
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Biochemistry
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Computer Science
Notes:
A low-cost microcomputer and package of assembly language routines has been developed to emulate the structure and performance of a large analog computer. The advantages of the analog computer, as implemented in this scheme, include (1) a significant reduction in the programming effort involved in modeling complex dynamic systems and (2) the control of the simulation and model parameters in a completely interactive and flexible manner. The symbolic nomenclature and schematic representations involving devices, such as integrators, comparators, multipliers, and function generators, offers a powerful alternative to the more conventional numerical methods, that is, to provide very simply the solutions to large systems of differential equations. This approach invariably leads the user to a more thorough understanding of the dynamic character of the system. The technique is illustrated using a chemical kinetics example involving the simulation of laser-induced fluorescence. The results of this work have provided an assessment of a systematic error that occurs when using induced resonance fluorescence to measure OH concentrations in the troposphere of the earth.
Additional Material:
8 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcc.540040110
