Expository Essay on Divergent

Computer simulation is a computer program that attempts to simulate an abstract model of a particular system. Over the years, they have become a useful part of mathematical modeling modeling of many natural systems in physics, chemistry, biology, human systems in economics, psychology, and social science in the process of engineering new technology. The book Divergent uses computer simulations to figure out what factions they belong in. Once they figure out their factions, they then use computer simulations to train in things like fighting and fear factoring. Today computer simulations have multiple different uses. For example, they are using computer simulations to help change blindness (Hewlett & Oezbek, 2012). In the article “How Stimulus Variables Combine to Affect Change Blindness”, it is explained how simulations affect change blindness. Change blindness is the inability to detect changes that occur in a scene. Ordinarily when we observe a scene, changes simply pop out and get noticed fairly easy. These changes are obvious when there is no disruption to the scene. However, significant changes can be missed if they occur when the observer’s vision is momentarily obscured or even when the field of vision is partly obscured (for example, when blinking). There has been various experiments using simulations to affect change blindness. For example, an experimental method uses what is known as “flicker paradigm”, this method uses a flicker simulation to find the reaction time of the participant's change blindness which is affected by the simulation. (Hewlett, Oezbek. “How Stimulus Variables Combine to Affect Change Blindness”. 8 November 2012. 337-338. Print.)
Computer simulations are also used today in the medical field for training purposes. In the article, “Comparing the Effectiveness of Clinical Simulation versus Didactic Methods to Teach Undergraduate Adult Nursing Students to Recognize and Assess the Deteriorating Patient” compares clinical