Software Reviews : MICRO GLOBUS: A Computer Model of Long-Term Global Political and Economic Processes Reviewed by John K. Wildgen, University of New Orleans Publisher: Edition Sigma, Heimstr. 14, D-1000 Berlin 61, Federal Republic of Germany (telephone: 030 693-4396) Year of Publication: 1988 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Materials: Five 5.25-inch disks, 307-page manual with index and appendixes Price: By arrangement with

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Machine Specificity: IBM/XT/AT and compatibles System Requirements: 640K RAM, 360K floppy disk, hard disk; CGA/ EGA and 1.2M floppy highly recommended, DOS 2.x or later Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Outstanding "The GLOBUS model is a large computer simulation model of many important macropolitical and macroeconomic processes," in the opening words of the manual. This is an understatement. GLOBUS may involve a researcher in as many as 40,000 variables and parameters. It is not just software but almost a stand-alone field of research (Deutsch, 1987, p. xxii).