Editorial for Recent Advances in Unified Modeling and Simulation Approaches

摘要

In recent years, the application of Modeling and Simulation has moved from traditional fields to a new wide range of real systems, each requiring a unified modeling and simulation approach. For instance, currently advanced simulation approaches in systems biology deal with elucidation of the design principles controlling gene expression. The simulation of semiconductor devices requires the prototyping of multi-layer circuits, ranging from low-level physics to higher levels of abstraction. Applications in environmental sciences must integrate multiple sources of data (i.e. meteorological, chemical, traffic). Simulation in training applications has become a source for studying human behavior and operator efficiency.