CAP7951BE Writing science effectively: HW1

Name: William Ferreira

Name of Journal: Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International
Impact Factor: 0.940
Reference: Lee, H. C., & Lee, S. W. (2018). Unified learning to enhance adaptive behavior of simulation
objects. Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 1-14.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549717753880
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1. Concise vs Redundant
Redundant:
“In order to achieve this goal, many researchers use modeling and simulation to verify
and validate the behavior of new systems” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.1).

Concise:
Simulation modeling is used to verify and validate the behavior of new systems.

Redundant:
“During the simulation, the simulation environment can be changed to consider and reflect various situations
in the real world” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.1).

Concise:
Simulation modeling allows experimenting real-world situation virtually.

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2. Vigorous vs Feeble
Feeble:
“simulation objects can learn a new behavior and make a plan to deal with the changing situations” (Lee &
Lee, 2018, p.1).

Vigorous:
simulation objects can learn and adapt to new situations.

Feeble:
“There are several attempts to address automated solution revision, but they only have limited and
predefined rules” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.9).

Vigorous:
The automated solution revision available are limited or use predefined rules.
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3. Active versus passive

Passive:
“The data-driven approach uses empirical data that are generated during system operation” (Lee & Lee,
2018, p.2).
Active:
The data-driven approach uses empirical data from the system’s operation.

Passive:
“During generalization, a specific action will be replaced by abstract upper concepts” (Lee & Lee, 2018,
p.3).

Active:
“Abstract upper concepts replace specific actions during the generalization phase”
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4. Precise vs Vague
Vague:
“And then, the system engineer chooses some features that are considered important to categorize the
various situations” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.6).

Precise:
And then, the system engineer chooses the key features to categorize the situations.

Vague:
“In the case of numeric measures, there are many possible measures such as Euclidean
distance, Hamming distance, cosine similarity, or linear distance function” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.6).

Precise:
In the case of numeric measures, there are more than six possible measures […]
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5. Straightforward vs Convoluted
Convoluted:
“Software intensive systems are now playing an increasingly leading role in our daily lives” (Lee & Lee,
2018, p.1).

Straightforward:
Software-intensive systems are playing a leading role in our daily lives.

Convoluted:
“Reusing the knowledge reduces repetitive and time consuming works that should be performed by the
user” (Lee & Lee, 2018, p.2).

Straightforward:
Reusing the knowledge save users time.