{"history":[{"id":"1ff104e5-bfc4-4669-adbb-8e164f8e8cfd","wordChanged":"only,","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name is the fucking mimic is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":6,"createdAt":"2026-02-01T16:21:48.139Z","user":{"id":"mfvswiH9fwHI8f36yNwHR40968SZeIKD","name":"den3den42069","image":"https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/975452809707278427/5e0588882214f34dc5f3b36f7e9c9ff5.png"}},{"id":"4b85bf5e-d802-45c4-ab96-9c18a44df96e","wordChanged":"form","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name is the fucking only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":5,"createdAt":"2026-02-01T16:21:13.943Z","user":{"id":"mfvswiH9fwHI8f36yNwHR40968SZeIKD","name":"den3den42069","image":"https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/975452809707278427/5e0588882214f34dc5f3b36f7e9c9ff5.png"}},{"id":"58845d71-a4e3-47d0-9483-d758fc58cd7f","wordChanged":"capitalized","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name is the form only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":4,"createdAt":"2026-02-01T16:20:37.975Z","user":{"id":"mfvswiH9fwHI8f36yNwHR40968SZeIKD","name":"den3den42069","image":"https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/975452809707278427/5e0588882214f34dc5f3b36f7e9c9ff5.png"}},{"id":"5367a2f9-a09f-41a5-ba46-3e85e4714d92","wordChanged":"in","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name is capitalized form only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":3,"createdAt":"2026-02-01T16:20:02.964Z","user":{"id":"mfvswiH9fwHI8f36yNwHR40968SZeIKD","name":"den3den42069","image":"https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/975452809707278427/5e0588882214f34dc5f3b36f7e9c9ff5.png"}},{"id":"8ff6e885-13bb-4947-a028-e8aef528bb6b","wordChanged":"known","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name in capitalized form only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":2,"createdAt":"2025-11-12T18:09:57.029Z","user":{"id":"TO9EPTJ5S9zlKGAiLjaWtg7Fc2BWrxrk","name":"Mr Mister","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKz6T3wlN47MqgSQ00mx13HK2_z4hdtWYA75Xdn5N5oO7P7ijI=s96-c"}},{"id":"03a81a41-7d71-4628-90f0-3c49199038e7","wordChanged":"**MIMIC**","newWord":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, known in capitalized form only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","wordIndex":1,"createdAt":"2025-03-14T01:24:09.351Z","user":{"id":"05ugPLvMDaNtywp01MvRLukT5Lvw4tBc","name":"InnerToast","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocIc-aKaJ4ULBQIc0LFWy-mY7N3HlxU8yMZO6HFKrpr1FDgT3gwh=s96-c"}}],"article":{"id":"e7019ce4-089d-48c4-b9a3-2d61252fcb76","title":"MIMIC","slug":"mimic","content":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nMy, name is the fucking mimic is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n\n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","current_revision":"1ff104e5-bfc4-4669-adbb-8e164f8e8cfd","created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:08:58.202Z","updated_at":"2026-02-01T16:21:48.141Z","search_vector":"'mimic':1","search_content":" \n \n\n# \n**MIMIC**, known in capitalized form only, is a former [simulation](https://bliptext.com/articles/simulation) [computer language](https://bliptext.com/articles/computer-language) developed 1964 by [H. E. Petersen](https://bliptext.com/articles/h-e-petersen), F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky of Systems Engineering Group within the [Air Force Materiel Command](https://bliptext.com/articles/air-force-materiel-command) at the [Wright-Patterson AFB](https://bliptext.com/articles/wright-patterson-afb) in [Dayton, Ohio](https://bliptext.com/articles/dayton-ohio), United States.\nIt is an [expression-oriented](https://bliptext.com/articles/expression-oriented-programming-languages) continuous block simulation language, but capable of incorporating blocks of [FORTRAN](https://bliptext.com/articles/fortran)-like algebra.\n**M****I****M****I**C is a further development from **M****I****D****A****S** (**M**odified **I**ntegration **D**igital **A**nalog **S**imulator), which represented [analog computer](https://bliptext.com/articles/analog-computer) design.\nWritten completely in FORTRAN but one routine in [COMPASS](https://bliptext.com/articles/compass), and ran on [Control Data](https://bliptext.com/articles/control-data-corporation) [supercomputers](https://bliptext.com/articles/supercomputer), MIMIC is capable of solving much larger simulation models.\nWith MIMIC, [ordinary differential equations](https://bliptext.com/articles/ordinary-differential-equation) describing [mathematical models](https://bliptext.com/articles/mathematical-model) in several scientific disciplines as in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, economics and as well as in social sciences can easily be solved by [numerical integration](https://bliptext.com/articles/numerical-integration) and the results of the analysis are listed or drawn in diagrams.\nIt also enables the analysis of [nonlinear dynamic conditions](https://bliptext.com/articles/nonlinearity).\nThe MIMIC software package, written as FORTRAN overlay programs, executes input statements of the mathematical model in six consecutive passes.\nSimulation programs written in MIMIC are compiled rather than interpreted.\nThe core of the simulation package is a variable step numerical integrator of fourth-order [Runge-Kutta method](https://bliptext.com/articles/runge-kutta-method).\nMany useful functions related to electrical circuit elements exist besides some mathematical functions found in most scientific programming languages.\nThere is no need to sort the statements in order of dependencies of the variables, since MIMIC does it internally.\nParts of the software organized in overlays are:\n\n# Example\nConsider a predator-prey model from the field of [marine biology](https://bliptext.com/articles/marine-biology) to determine the dynamics of fish and shark populations.\nAs a simple model, we choose the [Lotka–Volterra equation](https://bliptext.com/articles/lotka-volterra-equation) and the constants given in a tutorial.\nIf\nthen\nwith initial conditions\nThe problem's constants are given as:\nCard columns\n0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901 --- * A SIMPLE PREDATOR-PREY MODEL FROM MARINE BIOLOGY\n/ (TUTORIAL 2: NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF ODE'S - 19/08/02)\n/ ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS LAB\n/ DEPT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERİNG\n/ STANFORD UNIVERSITY\n* * LOTKA–VOLTERRA EQUATION\nCON(F0,S0,TMAX)\nCON(ALPHA,BETA,GAMMA,EPS)\n1DF = ALPHA*F-BETA*F*S\nF = INT(1DF,F0)\n1DS = EPS*BETA*F*S-GAMMA*S\nS = INT(1DS,S0)\nHDR(TIME,FISH,SHARK)\nOUT(T,F,S)\nPLO(F,S)\nFIN(T,TMAX)\nEND\n \n600. 50. 50. 0.7 0.007 0.5 0.1 ","revisionCount":6},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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