What are the standards for creating user-friendly simulations?

3 How to present user-friendly simulations

When presenting user-friendly simulations, it's important to provide an overview and guide before launching it. Visual, auditory, and textual cues should be used to highlight the main features and functions. The language and graphics used should be simple, concise, and coherent in order to communicate the results and implications. Additionally, feedback and error messages should be informative, constructive, and respectful. Users should also be given control over the pace, direction, and duration of the simulation. Finally, they should be encouraged to reflect on their experience and outcomes.

4 How to document user-friendly simulations

Documenting user-friendly simulations is essential for ensuring their quality, reliability, and reproducibility. This documentation should include a description of the objectives, assumptions, and methods of the simulation, as well as a specification of the data sources, models, algorithms, and parameters used. Additionally, the results, uncertainties, and limitations of the simulation should be reported. Furthermore, a discussion of the implications, recommendations, and future directions of the simulation should be included. Lastly, citations of references, resources, and acknowledgments should be given.

5 How to update user-friendly simulations

Updating user-friendly simulations is a necessary step to ensure their relevance, accuracy, and validity. When doing so, you should take into account feedback and suggestions from your users and stakeholders, changes and developments in the system or phenomenon that your simulation represents, advances and innovations in the simulation technology and methodology, as well as ethical, social, and legal implications of your simulation.

6 How to evaluate user-friendly simulations

Evaluating user-friendly simulations is a vital part of understanding their impact, effectiveness, and value. This evaluation should include a systematic and objective assessment of the simulation design, presentation, documentation, and updates. Qualitative and quantitative data from simulation users and stakeholders should be collected and analyzed. It is also important to compare and benchmark the simulation with other similar or alternative simulations. Lastly, the results and findings of the evaluation should be disseminated and communicated.

7 Here’s what else to consider

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