| 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.