GUI MODELS WEBLOGGING

When building a model of the environment, there are many considerations. Is the model deterministic or stochastic? Static or dynamic? Does it include sheep? In short, which aspects of the real world are to be represented in order to achieve the desired result?

Looking at MineCraft gives us a good idea of what should be included. Evidently, a paired multiple-box model with a smaller local scale cellular automata approach gives flexibility and allows a range of phenomena to be demonstrated. Longer-timescale phenomena, such as flows of water within the hydrosphere, can be accurately portrayed using the box model, whilst those on a shorter timescale such as the ocelot-chicken prey-predator relationship can be computed faster using cellular automata.