SCS M&S Newsletter

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MONTHLY Newsletter of the Society for Modeling & Simulation International

SCS M&S Newsletter

About SCS

Established in 1952, The Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS) is a nonprofit, volunteer-driven corporation (dba Simulation Councils, Inc.) managed by a Board of Directors & a President's Council. SCS is the only technical Society dedicated to advancing the use of modeling & simulation to solve real-world problems. SCS is the principal technical society devoted to the advancement of simulation and allied computer arts in all fields. The purpose of SCS is to facilitate communication among professionals in the field of simulation. To this end, SCS organizes meetings of regional councils, sponsors and co-sponsors national and international conferences, and publishes different journals and an official newsletter in the field of Modeling & Simulation.

Welcome to the SCS M&S Newsletter

Quotations

· Until we attempt to simulate a system, we don't realize how little we know about it. (Donald Knuth)

· Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. (Peter Drucker)

· The best way to predict the future is to create it. (Peter Drucker)

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SCS Newsletter History (Second issue, December 1952)

Function generators, those imperfect gadgets used to introduce non-linear variables in analog computation and simulation, were cussed and discussed by people who make them and people who use them. The occasion was the second meeting of the Simulation Council, which was held at Truman’s Restaurant in Westwood on the afternoon of Wednesday , 3 December 1952.

The following is an incomplete and possibly inaccurate account of that meeting. The remarks attributed to participants are not necessarily what they said; they are what they thought they said. If we are guilty of misquoting,…..,.They are urged to send comments to the Newsletter [...]