Article ID: | iaor19952188 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 64 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 373 |
End Page Number: | 379 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1995 |
Journal: | ACM SIGPLAN Notices |
Authors: | Stent Alan F., McCallum Ian R. |
Keywords: | simulation: applications, simulation: languages & programs, spreadsheets |
A spreadsheet is used as the development environment for a dynamic force model of a manoeuvring ship. The dynamic equations are coded by a method of self-referencing formulas. The technique does not require spreadsheet macros and is described in the paper. Some advantages and disadvantages of spreadsheets for this type of application are discussed.