Symbolic simulation

Symbolic simulation is like playing pretend with a computer program. You can imagine you’re playing with a toy, but instead of using your hands and imagination, you’re using a special computer program.

When you play pretend, you can imagine anything you want. For example, you might imagine that you’re a fairy princess in a magical forest. When you use symbolic simulation, you can imagine different things happening in a computer program. You can make the program act as if different things are happening, even if they’re not really happening in real life.

For example, imagine you’re playing a game where you need to choose which path to take in a forest. When you use symbolic simulation, you can imagine what would happen if you took one path versus another. You can tell the computer program to pretend that you took one path and then see what happens. You can also tell the program to pretend that you took a different path and compare the results.

Symbolic simulation can help you test a program and see if it’s working correctly. It’s like testing out different scenarios to see which one works the best. It’s a way to make sure that a program does what it’s supposed to do and that it doesn’t have any bugs or errors.