A simulation game for decision-making

Shack TRS-80 microcomputers to simulate the operation of a simple spectrophotometer. While a simple quantitative analysis of an unknown is involved in...
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Microcomputer Simulation of Lab Instruments G. L. Breneman Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA 99004

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Volume 58

Number 5

May 1981

411