<s>
MIMIC	B-Language
,	O
known	O
in	O
capitalized	O
form	O
only	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
former	O
simulation	O
computer	B-Language
language	I-Language
developed	O
1964	O
by	O
H	O
.	O
E	O
.	O
Petersen	O
,	O
F	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Sansom	O
and	O
L	O
.	O
M	O
.	O
Warshawsky	O
of	O
Systems	O
Engineering	O
Group	O
within	O
the	O
Air	O
Force	O
Materiel	O
Command	O
at	O
the	O
Wright-Patterson	O
AFB	O
in	O
Dayton	O
,	O
Ohio	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
expression-oriented	O
continuous	O
block	O
simulation	O
language	O
,	O
but	O
capable	O
of	O
incorporating	O
blocks	O
of	O
FORTRAN-like	O
algebra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIMIC	B-Language
is	O
a	O
further	O
development	O
from	O
MIDAS	O
(	O
Modified	O
Integration	O
Digital	O
Analog	O
Simulator	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
represented	O
analog	O
computer	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
completely	O
in	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
but	O
one	O
routine	O
in	O
COMPASS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
ran	O
on	O
Control	O
Data	O
supercomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
MIMIC	B-Language
is	O
capable	O
of	O
solving	O
much	O
larger	O
simulation	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
MIMIC	B-Language
,	O
ordinary	O
differential	O
equations	O
describing	O
mathematical	O
models	O
in	O
several	O
scientific	O
disciplines	O
as	O
in	O
engineering	O
,	O
physics	O
,	O
chemistry	O
,	O
biology	O
,	O
economics	O
and	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
social	O
sciences	O
can	O
easily	O
be	O
solved	O
by	O
numerical	B-Algorithm
integration	I-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
analysis	O
are	O
listed	O
or	O
drawn	O
in	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MIMIC	B-Language
software	O
package	O
,	O
written	O
as	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
overlay	O
programs	O
,	O
executes	O
input	O
statements	O
of	O
the	O
mathematical	O
model	O
in	O
six	O
consecutive	O
passes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simulation	O
programs	O
written	O
in	O
MIMIC	B-Language
are	O
compiled	O
rather	O
than	O
interpreted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
simulation	O
package	O
is	O
a	O
variable	O
step	O
numerical	O
integrator	O
of	O
fourth-order	O
Runge-Kutta	B-Algorithm
method	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
need	O
to	O
sort	O
the	O
statements	O
in	O
order	O
of	O
dependencies	O
of	O
the	O
variables	O
,	O
since	O
MIMIC	B-Language
does	O
it	O
internally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MIMAS	O
(	O
assembler	O
)	O
–	O
converts	O
the	O
BCD	O
instructions	O
into	O
machine-oriented	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
</s>
