computer model
noun
A representation of a system or process created on a computer, to assist calculations and predictions: the software uses a computer model to forecast insect densities...
- The studies will provide detailed information to check the accuracy of computer models used for the national assessment.
- Meteorologists employ computer models to predict the path of storms.
- The scientists at this lab are experts in computer models.
Derivatives
computer modelling
- It used computer modelling to predict how floods might spread.
- Enough equilibrium and kinetic data are now available to allow limited computer modelling of geological systems.
- Computer modelling showed how air currents move through the building.