You are here

Home

Simulation and representation


Systemic Biomimicry of Dinosaurs by Multinational Corporations (Part #4)

[Parts: First | Prev | Next | Last | All] [Links: To-K | From-K | From-Kx | Refs ]

Multinational corporations have long been a focus of sophisticated modelling exercises, games, and simulations. These are seen as vital for reporting, strategic planning and training. Such simulations are less frequently used in presentations of the operations of a corporation to a wider audience. They may well be understood as embodying business secrets vital to competitive advantage. Curiously it might be said that the promotional videos of multinational corporations, typically disseminated as TV advertising, could well be understood as exercises in both "simulation" and "dissimulation".

Improbably, the past decade has seen the emergence of very sophisticated simulations of dinosaurs in their natural environments. These are designed for research and educational purposes and some are made widely available via television. They benefit to a very significant degree from the rapid innovation in computer-enhanced media. The simulations are far from trivial and depend increasingly on detailed insight into understanding the movement of muscles and limbs, and their relevance to systems of attack and defence.

Especially instructive with respect to the remarkable BBC Series on dinosaurs (figured below) is the introductory summary of how such simulations were developed.

Deadly Dinosaurs (BBC Series)
Using computer animation technology to simulate dinosaurs and their world (general fact sheets)
[selection of videos on BBC site -- click on dinosaur name for BBC fact sheet]
Allosaurus in a dry and sandy landscape Carcharodontosaurus among a group of sauropod dinosaurs A pair of Torosaurus dinosaurs, that are now thought to be a form of triceratops
Allosaurus (video) Carcharodontosaurus (video) Horned dinosaurs (video)
Daspletosaurus attacking a horned dinosaur A herd of Diplodocus dinosaurs Epidexipteryx on a tree banch with tail feathers spread
Daspletosaurus (video) Diplodocus (video) Epidexipteryx (video)
A pair of Gigantoraptors Iguanodon with mountains in the background Protrait of a Majungasaurus
Gigantoraptor (video) Iguanodons (video) Majungasaurus (video)
Microraptor in flight Two protoceratops from a group fighting in the desert Pterosaurs catching fish from the sea
Microraptor (video) Protoceratops (video) Pterosaurs (video)
Sinornithosaurus perched on a branch with wings spread Spinosaurus crossing a river A group of stegosaurus dinosaurs with young
Sinornithosauru (video) Spinosaurus (video) Stegosaurus (video)
Triceratops drinking at a pond A pair of Tyrannosaurus rex in a misty landscape Tyrannosaurus rex charging
Triceratops (video) Tyrannosaur (video) Tyrannosaurus rex (video)
  Velociraptor attacking an early ancestor of the birds  
  Velociraptors (video)  

Should it be expected that an analogous library of simulations of basic multinational corporation business models would exist? Or would this be understood in terms of simply changing the parameters within a single simulation -- thereby engendering different classes of business model? With those be in the current environment, how many are to be so distinguished?

[Parts: First | Prev | Next | Last | All] [Links: To-K | From-K | From-Kx | Refs ]

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

For further updates on this site, subscribe here