Abstract
Model building is currently one of the most expensive and difficult applications of computer technology. It is expensive both as a conceptual activity, because building a model requires an abstract understanding of a complex process, and as a computational activity, because it demands massive amounts of data and many operations. Furthermore, under conventional approaches one cannot start using the full power of the computer in modeling until all the components have been identified and all the relationships are established. This article introduces an alternative approach in which the computer is used during the earliest stages of model construction. This approach is actually an extension of current technology for computer-based teleconferencing. It incorporates nonhuman “participants” – modules, data bases, or parts of programs-in the modeling process. The advantages of this approach include (1) the opportunity for human participants to test alternative model structures and (2) the capability of the computer to monitor and feed information about the process back to the model director.
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