A Study of Computer Simulation for an Economy System

P(論文)Many of the simulations in the field of economics are statistical, and it was customary to execute them on large computers. But recently performance of personal computers has improved so rapidly and high-resolution color displays are available. So it is now feasible to observe transitions along the passage of time, and the grasp of characteristics and functions are at hand. Several packages of software for such purpose are available. In this study STELLA is chosen among such kinds of software and a simulation of basic economy system is executed. STELLA has been developed for the purpose of supporting creative learning, and it maps user's hypotheses into charts and puts them into practice. So it is possible for the user to see the compositional structure of his hypothesis by displaying its algorithm, and also he can see how his hypothesis works. Such function seems to be well utilized in multimedia education. STELLA's strategy for system analysis is object oriented, using data flow diagram (DFD). The awaiting theme is to examine those diagram programming languages other than STELLA.departmental bulletin pape