A Hybrid Method of Executing a Management Simulation: Combining the Best of Mainframes and Microcomputers

Authors

  • Kent E. Curran
  • Robert W. Hornaday

Abstract

Over the Last thirty years, the use of business games has evolved through a number of different stages. The present phase of simulation game development seems to be almost totally microcomputer driven. This infatuation with the microcomputer and demise of the mainframe game may be premature. The present paper attempts to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both the microcomputer and mainframe simulation games. In this evaluation neither of the two types of computer games had a significant and all encompassing advantage over the other. The findings of the paper suggest that the most efficient manner of running a computer simulation may be to develop a hybrid system which combines the strengths of both the mainframe and microcomputer versions of a particular simulation game.

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Published

1988-03-09