Macrosimulation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simulation of a system as a whole, without simulating the behaviour of its individual components
"The macrosimulation model employed has been used previously to undertake similar analyses for the UK [26 ,37 –39 ], Ireland [40 ], France [41 ] and Canada [42 ], and the relative risks to parameterise changes in nutritional risk factors and mortality as a result of changes in diet were sourced from high quality meta-analyses [29 –36 ]."
Example
More examples"The macrosimulation model employed has been used previously to undertake similar analyses for the UK [26 ,37 –39 ], Ireland [40 ], France [41 ] and Canada [42 ], and the relative risks to parameterise changes in nutritional risk factors and mortality as a result of changes in diet were sourced from high quality meta-analyses [29 –36 ]."
Etymology
From macro- + simulation.
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