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NATO Modelling and Simulation - Glossary of Terms Project

The aim of this document is to create a common understanding of M&S terms and where agreement cannot ultimately be reached, to understand variations in definitions. The M&S community is kindly invited to help us improving this living document by using the dedicated feedback form.

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A model of a model.
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Abstractions of the modelling and simulation (M&S) being developed that use functional decomposition to show relationships, paths of data and algorithms, ordering, and interactions between model components and subcomponents.
  
A physical, mathematical or otherwise logical representation of a system, entity, phenomenon, or process.
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A discipline that comprises of the development and/or use of models and simulation(s) (systems).
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This expression is sometimes shorten in “Simulation”
  
A way to exploit probabilistic simulation systems in running different replica of the same situation with different random numbers to guarantee the correctness of statistical results.
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See also: “Probabilistic Simulation System” and “Replica” definitions
  
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