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Hey @katyhuff,

This is also built on #5. I've added a decent amount of content and made some comments based on both your comments and content. Let's iterate on this PR as you see fit; I'm happy to change the language as needed.
I don't like "object-oriented" - FWIW.


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Matthew Gidden <notifications@github.com>
wrote:

> In fundamentals/intro.tex:
>
> >  Cyclus provides a sophisticated and modern, agent-based platform. Previous
> >  codes were lacking in a number of ways. Cyclus has a number of features that
> >  overcome those issues.
> >
> > +% MJG - I don't claim that all of this belongs in the beginning of this
> > +% subsection, but here's some more content.
> > +
> > +Modeling the growth of a physics-dependent, international nuclear fuel supply
> > +chain is a difficult problem. To date, it has been treated relatively
> > +lightly. Tools have either focused on macro effects, e.g., the fleet-level
> > +stocks and flows of commodities, or micro effects, e.g., the used fuel
> > +composition fast reactor fuel. Accordingly, each focus has driven the
> > +development of these tools, rendering the task of answering questions between
> > +the macro and micro levels either impossible or difficult and time consuming.
> > +
> > +Cyclus uses a divide-and-conquer approach, separating the problem of modeling a
>
> Yeah... divide and conquer is probably wrong because it has a specific
> algorithmic meaning. MVC also has a specific meaning related to GUIs. I was
> hoping to avoid 'object oriented' because of all the baggage the term
> carries, but perhaps it's most precise here?
> … <#147c5e14b28000e9_>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Katy Huff <notifications@github.com>
> wrote: In fundamentals/intro.tex: > Cyclus provides a sophisticated and
> modern, agent-based platform. Previous > codes were lacking in a number of
> ways. Cyclus has a number of features that > overcome those issues. > > +%
> MJG - I don't claim that all of this belongs in the beginning of this > +%
> subsection, but here's some more content. > + > +Modeling the growth of a
> physics-dependent, international nuclear fuel supply > +chain is a
> difficult problem. To date, it has been treated relatively > +lightly.
> Tools have either focused on macro effects, e.g., the fleet-level > +stocks
> and flows of commodities, or micro effects, e.g., the used fuel >
> +composition fast reactor fuel. Accordingly, each focus has driven the >
> +development of these tools, rendering the task of answering questions
> between > +the macro and micro levels either impossible or difficult and
> time consuming. > + > +Cyclus uses a divide-and-conquer approach,
> separating the problem of modeling a "Divide and conquer" sounds cool, but
> I've more commonly seen this referred to as "model-view-controller." —
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