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Sims

The Sims is a franchise of life simulation video games in which players create, customize, and control autonomous virtual characters called Sims, managing their daily activities, relationships, careers, and environments to simulate aspects of human existence.^[1]^[2] Originally conceived by game designer Will Wright as an evolution from his earlier city-building simulations, the series debuted with the first installment on February 4, 2000, for personal computers, emphasizing open-ended gameplay focused on emergent storytelling rather than predefined objectives.^[3]^[4] Developed primarily by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, The Sims has spawned multiple mainline sequels, spin-offs, and over 80 expansion packs, enabling extensive personalization of Sims' appearances, personalities, homes, and life events through mechanics like needs fulfillment, skill-building, and social interactions.^[1] The franchise's commercial dominance is evident in The Sims 4, its flagship title released in 2014, which has amassed over 85 million players worldwide through free-to-play accessibility and ongoing content updates, underscoring its enduring appeal in fostering creative expression and vicarious life experimentation despite criticisms of microtransaction-heavy monetization models.^[5]^[6]

Video games

The Sims series

The Sims is a life simulation video game series developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts (EA), originating with the initial release of The Sims on February 4, 2000, for Microsoft Windows.^[7] Designed by Will Wright, the franchise centers on creating and directing virtual characters called Sims, who exhibit autonomous behaviors influenced by environmental interactions and personal needs, enabling open-ended gameplay focused on household management, relationships, and personal aspirations rather than scripted narratives.^[8] Sequels followed with The Sims 2 in September 2004, The Sims 3 in June 2009, and The Sims 4 in September 2014, each introducing enhanced graphics, expanded worlds, and refined simulation depth.^[9] Core mechanics emphasize realism in human-like causality, where Sims pursue motives including hunger, bladder, energy, fun, social, and hygiene, with fulfillment affecting moodlets and long-term outcomes like career progression or family dynamics.^[8] Players customize Sims' traits, appearances, skills, and homes using intuitive building tools, while AI-driven interactions generate emergent stories, such as unexpected romances or conflicts, without linear quests. This design prioritizes player agency in fostering creativity, supported by modding tools that extend functionality through community-created content.^[10] The series has sustained longevity through extensive expansions, stuff packs, and kits, with The Sims 4 receiving free base game updates alongside paid DLC to address player feedback on features like improved AI autonomy and world-building. In fiscal year 2025, the franchise reported double-digit growth amid its 25th anniversary celebrations. A November 4, 2025, patch for The Sims 4 incorporates over 150 community-reported fixes and new free items, part of a broader quality-of-life roadmap emphasizing bug resolutions and gameplay polish through December.^[11]^[12] Commercially, The Sims 4 has amassed 85 million players by 2025, driving ongoing revenue via sustained updates that maintain engagement over traditional sequel cycles. The franchise's cultural impact lies in democratizing simulation for self-expression and storytelling, though it faces criticism for aggressive microtransactions, DLC dependency rendering base games incomplete, and EA's shift toward live-service monetization, which some attribute to diluted innovation post-acquisition of Maxis in 1997.^[13]^[14]^[15]

Simulations in science and computing

Conceptual foundations

Computer simulations, or "sims," constitute computational approximations of mathematical models that replicate the temporal evolution of real-world systems through iterative algorithms executed on digital hardware. These models generally fall into deterministic categories, solving partial or ordinary differential equations to trace continuous changes from initial states, or stochastic variants employing techniques such as Monte Carlo methods, which use random sampling to estimate probabilistic outcomes in high-dimensional spaces.^[26] Agent-based approaches further extend this by simulating discrete interactions among autonomous entities governed by local rules, yielding emergent collective behaviors.^[26] The foundational principle lies in deriving predictions from posited causal structures—such as physical laws or interaction protocols—rather than data-fitting alone, enabling forward projection of system trajectories under varying conditions.^[26] Historically, these foundations emerged from wartime necessities in operations research, where analytical intractability demanded numerical experimentation. In 1946–1947, John von Neumann and Stanislaw Ulam formalized the Monte Carlo method at Los Alamos to model neutron transport in fissionable materials, drawing on random walks to approximate integrals and probabilities beyond closed-form solutions; this technique, initially applied to the hydrogen bomb design, demonstrated simulations' capacity for handling uncertainty via statistical convergence to empirical benchmarks.^[27] By 1950, von Neumann extended this paradigm to meteorology, overseeing Jule Charney's team in executing the first numerical weather forecast on the ENIAC computer, which integrated barotropic vorticity equations over a 24-hour period using finite-difference schemes and initial atmospheric data from radiosondes.^[28] These pioneering efforts prioritized empirical falsifiability, with model outputs directly compared to subsequent observations to refine parameterizations and affirm predictive fidelity.^[29] Central to simulations' epistemological validity is their distinction from mere representational tools: they function as virtual experiments that probe causal mechanisms by generating testable discrepancies between simulated and observed data. Deterministic sims, for example, isolate variables to isolate effects, while stochastic variants quantify uncertainty propagation, but both demand calibration against independent datasets to mitigate approximation errors inherent in discretization or sampling.^[26] This empirical anchoring ensures simulations advance understanding only insofar as their outputs align with verifiable phenomena, eschewing ungrounded abstraction in favor of mechanistic inference supported by iterative validation cycles.^[30]

Key applications and methodologies

In physics and engineering, simulations such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) enable predictive modeling of aerodynamic flows, as demonstrated by NASA benchmark experiments validating CFD predictions against wind tunnel data for aircraft design, achieving accuracies within 5-10% for drag coefficients in transonic regimes.^[31] Finite element analysis (FEA) assesses structural integrity by discretizing complex geometries into meshes to compute stress distributions under loads, with validation studies confirming model fidelity through comparisons to physical tests, such as tensile failures in metallic components where simulated strains match experimental measurements to within 2-5%.^[32] These methods offer high predictive accuracy for optimizing designs, reducing prototyping costs by up to 50% in aerospace applications, though limitations arise from assumptions like isotropic material properties that overlook microstructural variations, necessitating empirical calibration to avoid overestimation of failure thresholds.^[33] In biology and medicine, epidemiological simulations using the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model forecast pandemic trajectories by partitioning populations into compartments with transition rates derived from contact data, as validated in historical outbreaks like the 1918 influenza where basic reproduction number R_0 estimates aligned with case incidence curves.^[34] Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations aid drug discovery by tracking atomic trajectories to predict ligand-protein binding affinities, with force fields like AMBER enabling microsecond-scale explorations that have informed inhibitors for targets such as HIV protease, correlating simulated free energies with experimental binding constants (K_d) to within 1-2 kcal/mol.^[35] However, SIR models often rely on averaged parameters that ignore heterogeneous individual behaviors, leading to underprediction of superspreading events observed in real outbreaks, while MD suffers from force field approximations and timescale limitations, capturing only short dynamics that miss rare conformational shifts critical for allosteric effects, thus requiring hybrid approaches with experimental assays for reliability.^[35] Economic simulations via agent-based models (ABM) replicate market dynamics by endowing heterogeneous agents with local rules, yielding emergent order akin to Austrian school emphases on spontaneous coordination rather than top-down aggregates, as shown in models simulating stock market crashes where decentralized trading rules produce fat-tailed return distributions matching empirical volatility clusters from the 1987 event.^[36] Unlike Keynesian macroeconomic models that aggregate behaviors into representative agents prone to assuming stable equilibria, ABMs reveal causal chains of miscoordination, such as herding amplified by information asymmetries, validated against historical data like the 2008 financial crisis where simulated leverage cascades mirrored observed bank failures.^[37] Critiques highlight ABM parameter proliferation, which can inflate overfitting risks without rigorous out-of-sample testing, underscoring the need for parsimonious rules grounded in micro-foundations to distinguish robust emergent patterns from noise. Core methodologies distinguish discrete-event simulations, which advance state only at predefined events like queue arrivals in manufacturing systems, from continuous simulations that integrate differential equations for smooth variable evolution, such as fluid flows where state changes propagate via time-stepped solvers.^[38] Discrete-event suits sparse interactions with exact event timing, reducing computational overhead by 20-50% over continuous for high-variability processes, while continuous excels in dense physical systems but risks numerical instability from stiff equations. Sensitivity analysis complements both by perturbing inputs to trace causal propagation, quantifying how parameter variations—e.g., a 10% change in friction coefficients—affect outputs like structural deflections, thereby exposing fragile assumptions in model chains and guiding robust inference.^[39]

Recent computational advances

In 2024, simulations on the Expanse supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) advanced iridium-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer by modeling chemical interactions at the molecular level, identifying promising noninvasive agents that reduce reliance on costly in vitro experiments through predictive causal mechanisms.^[40] Similarly, Expanse-enabled large-eddy simulations quantified ocean wave effects on offshore wind turbine wakes, revealing turbulence patterns that alter wind speeds by up to 20% and inform efficiency optimizations, thereby minimizing physical prototype testing expenses.^[41] Hybrid approaches integrating machine learning with algebraic structures have enhanced quantum system simulations; for instance, 2025 advancements in K-theory for C*-algebras from commuting Hilbert bimodules, developed by mathematician Aidan Sims, provide rigorous frameworks for modeling invariant ideals in quantum operator algebras, facilitating more scalable simulations of complex quantum states beyond classical limits. These developments leverage high-performance computing to approximate non-commutative geometries essential for quantum device design, with empirical validation against spectral data improving predictive accuracy over prior heuristic methods.^[42] The 2024 SIAM Task Force Report on the Future of Computational Science highlights persistent interdisciplinary barriers, such as mismatched mathematical formulations across domains, and hardware constraints like energy inefficiency in exascale systems, recommending grounded scaling strategies rooted in verifiable physics rather than unsubstantiated performance extrapolations.^[43] In climate modeling, ensemble techniques often obscure parametric uncertainties, where micro-level parameter spreads (e.g., cloud feedback coefficients varying by factors of 2-5) propagate to macro-scale projection errors exceeding 1°C in equilibrium climate sensitivity estimates, underscoring the need for explicit uncertainty quantification over aggregated averaging.^[44]^[45]

Organizations

Companies named Sims

Sims Limited, an Australian-headquartered multinational corporation, specializes in the buying, processing, and marketing of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals, operating across regions including Australia, North America, Europe, and Asia.^[46] Founded in 1917 as a scrap metal dealership in Sydney, the company has evolved into a key player in the global circular economy, processing scrap to recover materials that reduce virgin resource extraction and lower greenhouse gas emissions compared to primary metal production.^[47] In fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025), Sims Limited reported sales revenue of A$7.494 billion, a 4.1% increase from A$7.195 billion in FY24, driven by higher volumes in recycled metals amid steady demand from steelmakers and manufacturers, though underlying earnings fell 10% due to volatile commodity prices and elevated operational costs.^[48] ^[49] The firm's activities support resource conservation, with empirical data indicating that recycled steel production via electric arc furnaces—facilitated by Sims' scrap supply—emits up to 58% less CO2 than traditional blast furnace methods, contributing to industrial decarbonization efforts.^[48] Billy Sims Barbecue, a U.S.-based fast-casual restaurant chain, focuses on smoked meats and traditional sides, founded in 2004 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by former NFL running back Billy Sims and partner Jeff Jackson.^[50] By 2024, the franchise had expanded to over 30 locations across multiple states, emphasizing in-house smoking of brisket, ribs, and pulled pork using hickory wood to differentiate from industrialized fast-food alternatives.^[51] The chain's model prioritizes regional barbecue traditions, generating employment in food service while navigating competitive pressures from larger quick-service operators, with no publicly disclosed revenue figures but sustained growth through franchising since 2008.^[52] Other for-profit entities bearing the Sims name include Sims Snowboards, established in 1977 by snowboard inventor Tom Sims in the United States as a pioneer in freestyle snowboarding equipment, which influenced board design standards and supported the sport's commercialization before being acquired and integrated into broader outdoor gear portfolios. These companies collectively demonstrate varied economic roles, from resource recycling's contributions to sustainability metrics—such as Sims Limited's processing of millions of tons of scrap annually—to niche consumer markets, though all face sector-specific risks like raw material price fluctuations and regulatory shifts on waste management.^[49]

Other organizations

The SIMS Foundation, established in 1995 in Austin, Texas, following the death of musician Sims Ellison, operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to delivering low- or no-cost mental health counseling, psychiatric care, and substance use recovery services to musicians, music industry professionals, and their families within a 50-mile radius of the city.^[53] Founded by figures including Don Ellison, Don Harvey, Wayne Nagel, Alejandro Escovedo, and Walter Taylor, the organization addresses elevated mental health risks in the music community, where substance abuse and related issues contribute to higher mortality rates compared to the general population, as evidenced by its partnerships with local providers and educational initiatives to reduce stigma.^[53] By 2024, it served over 500 clients annually, establishing a legacy as one of the few U.S. nonprofits specializing in such targeted support, though its Charity Navigator rating of 2 out of 4 stars reflects concerns over financial accountability and sustainability.^[54]^[55] In late 2024, the SIMS Foundation suspended most services for 90 days starting in November, citing funding shortfalls that halted enrollment for new clients and disrupted care for existing ones, an event that underscored vulnerabilities in donor-dependent models amid fluctuating music industry economics.^[55]^[56] Services resumed in February 2025 following emergency donations from local philanthropists, enabling partial restoration of psychiatric and recovery programs, though long-term fiscal reforms remain pending to mitigate recurrence.^[57] This interruption highlighted the foundation's causal role in community welfare, as the pause exacerbated access barriers for at-risk artists during a period of heightened demand post-pandemic.^[55] Other entities include the Sims Foundation of H.O.P.E., Inc., incorporated on January 17, 2017, by Ray and Jaleen Sims in Mississippi, which focuses on underserved communities through educational programs in health, wellness, career development, and life skills, including its annual "Imagine You" conference launched in 2015 to foster personal empowerment via workshops on resumes, applications, and interviews.^[58] Similarly, SIMS Living, a California-based nonprofit founded by life coach Ricardo B. Sims, emphasizes holistic mental health and financial coaching for individuals and families, promoting self-confidence and accountability to drive behavioral change, though quantifiable outcomes such as participant success rates are not publicly detailed.^[59] These smaller organizations demonstrate niche efforts in personal development, with impacts tied to localized programming rather than broad policy influence.

Geographical locations

United States

Sims, North Carolina, is a small town in Wilson County with a population of 275 as recorded in the 2020 United States Census.^[60] The community maintains a rural character, with its economy centered on agriculture and proximity to larger centers like Wilson for employment.^[61] Simsbury, Connecticut, a town in Hartford County, reported 24,517 residents in the 2020 Census, reflecting modest growth of about 4.3% since 2010.^[62] Incorporated as one of Connecticut's early towns in May 1670, it played a role in colonial expansion and developed significance through 18th- and 19th-century industries such as mining and manufacturing, evolving into an affluent suburb with a median household income exceeding $150,000.^[62]^[63] Sims Township in Arenac County, Michigan, had a population of 907 according to recent census estimates, characteristic of rural northern Michigan townships with economies reliant on agriculture, forestry, and small-scale operations.^[64] These locales, often named for early British or American settlers during westward and southward expansion, exemplify patterns of sparse settlement in agrarian regions, with populations under 1,000 in most cases except larger historical towns like Simsbury.^[65]

Other countries

In Canada, Sims Island lies in the Muskoka Lakes region of Ontario, within the District Municipality of Muskoka, at coordinates 44°52′8″N 79°27′6″W. This small, unnamed-island feature forms part of the extensive lake system supporting seasonal recreation and tourism, with Muskoka's economy centered on waterfront properties, boating, and cottage industries rather than permanent settlement on the island itself.^[66] In Cameroon, Sims—alternatively spelled Kopongo or Kopango—is a village in the Littoral Region near Douala, at roughly 3°57′N 10°6′E and an elevation of 59 meters above sea level. The area contributes to the region's agrarian economy, with local activities including small-scale farming and fishing amid the coastal lowlands, though specific census data for the village remains limited due to its rural scale.^[67]^[68]

People

Military and public service figures

William Sowden Sims (October 15, 1858 – September 25, 1936) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy renowned for his data-driven reforms in naval gunnery, tactics, and fleet operations during the early 20th century.^[69] Appointed president of the Naval War College in 1917 after serving as a naval attaché in Europe, Sims emphasized empirical testing and first-hand observation to overhaul gunnery practices, introducing continuous-aim fire techniques that improved battleship accuracy from sporadic hits to consistent performance under realistic sea conditions.^[69] These innovations, validated through controlled firing exercises and comparative data against European navies, addressed longstanding deficiencies in U.S. naval preparedness, though they provoked conflicts with entrenched Navy Department leadership resistant to change.^[69] During World War I, Sims commanded U.S. Naval Forces in European Waters from June 1917, coordinating with British allies amid escalating German U-boat attacks that sank over 5 million tons of Allied shipping in 1917 alone. Upon learning in April 1917 of monthly Allied merchant losses exceeding 20 percent—far higher than publicly reported—Sims advocated immediate adoption of convoy tactics, deploying U.S. destroyers to escort merchant groups across the Atlantic. This strategy, grounded in analysis of U-boat patrol patterns and vulnerability data, reduced sinkings per convoy voyage to under 1 percent by mid-1918, contributing to a 75 percent drop in monthly Allied shipping losses from April to December 1917 peaks and enabling sustained transatlantic supply lines critical to Allied victory. Sims' command oversaw the dispatch of 209 destroyers and thousands of personnel, with empirical outcomes including the safe delivery of over 10 million U.S. troops to Europe by war's end.^[69] Sims' prewar reform campaigns, including public criticisms of inadequate gunnery training exposed during 1909 fleet exercises, resulted in temporary professional isolation and transfer to less prominent roles, as Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels prioritized political appointments over technical expertise.^[69] However, postwar inquiries, including congressional testimony in 1920, corroborated Sims' positions through ballistic data and comparative studies, affirming the causal link between his advocated changes and enhanced naval combat effectiveness. Other notable Sims figures in military and public service include Lieutenant General Douglas A. Sims II (born 1970), who served as Director of the Joint Staff from 2024 to 2025, overseeing operational planning for U.S. defense priorities including Ukraine aid logistics and Indo-Pacific deterrence, drawing on his prior command of III Armored Corps with over 90,000 personnel. Sims' leadership emphasized integrated joint operations, informed by real-time threat assessments, though specific declassified outcome metrics remain limited due to ongoing classifications.^[70] Additionally, Colonel (Ret.) Stanley Sims directed the Defense Security Service from 2010 to 2015, managing personnel security clearances for over 800,000 Department of Defense positions annually and implementing risk-based vetting protocols that reduced processing backlogs by streamlining adjudications based on empirical fraud pattern analysis.^[71]

Scientists and economists

Christopher A. Sims (born 1942) is an American economist recognized for pioneering vector autoregression (VAR) models, which enable empirical analysis of macroeconomic causal relationships by minimizing a priori theoretical restrictions and allowing data to reveal dynamic interactions among variables such as output, inflation, and interest rates.^[72] Awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2011 jointly with Thomas J. Sargent, Sims's work addressed how economies respond to policy shocks, demonstrating, for instance, that monetary policy innovations propagate effects over multiple quarters rather than instantaneously as assumed in some rational expectations models.^[73] His 1980 paper "Macroeconomics and Reality" critiqued traditional large-scale models for imposing "incredible" identifying assumptions that distorted empirical findings, advocating instead for VARs as tools for uncovering genuine causal structures from historical data without over-reliance on untested aggregates.^[74] Sims's methodological innovations have influenced central bank forecasting and policy evaluation worldwide, with VAR frameworks cited in thousands of peer-reviewed studies for their role in structural identification via impulse response functions and variance decompositions.^[75] For example, his extensions incorporating Bayesian priors addressed small-sample biases, enhancing the reliability of inference in low-frequency macroeconomic data.^[74] Sims's publications, including over 100 works with collective citations exceeding 50,000, underscore his empirical legacy in advancing causal realism over purely theoretical constructs.^[76] (Note: Exact citation counts derived from academic databases as of 2025.) Aidan Sims (born 1976) is an Australian mathematician specializing in C*-algebras, operator algebras, and noncommutative geometry, fields central to modeling quantum mechanical systems through algebraic structures that capture non-commutative observables.^[42] His research on graph C*-algebras and groupoid models provides frameworks for analyzing dynamical systems in quantum contexts, including KMS states for equilibrium thermodynamics in operator settings.^[77] Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in September 2025, Sims's contributions facilitate simulations of complex quantum structures, aiding advancements in quantum computing by formalizing infinite-dimensional representations of physical interactions.^[78] Sims's work extends Cuntz-Krieger algebras to higher-rank graphs, yielding classifications of approximately finite-dimensional algebras that inform quantum error correction and topological phases.^[79] As President of the Australian Mathematical Society and professor at the University of Wollongong, his over 80 publications have garnered significant citations in pure mathematics, emphasizing rigorous structural proofs over heuristic simulations.^[80]

Artists, musicians, and entertainers

John Haley "Zoot" Sims (October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985) was an American tenor saxophonist known for his swinging style rooted in mainstream jazz influences from Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins.^[81]^[82] He gained prominence as a teenager in Woody Herman's orchestra during the 1940s, contributing to the band's transition toward bebop elements while maintaining a relaxed, melodic approach.^[83] Sims recorded prolifically, including sessions with Al Cohn in the 1950s and later cool jazz outings, but his work reflected jazz's shift to niche appeal amid rock's rise, with limited mainstream commercial breakthroughs despite critical acclaim for unpretentious phrasing.^[84]^[85] Alastair Sim (October 9, 1900 – August 19, 1976) was a Scottish character actor celebrated for eccentric, nuanced portrayals in British films and theater.^[86] Debuting professionally in 1930 as a messenger in Othello at London's Savoy Theatre, he transitioned to cinema in 1935, amassing roles that highlighted his comedic timing and depth, such as the headmaster in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and Ebenezer Scrooge in Scrooge (1951).^[87]^[88] Sim frequently collaborated with directors Frank Launder and John Gilliat, embodying roguish or beleaguered figures in post-war comedies, though his selective output prioritized artistic control over prolific stardom, contributing to a legacy of memorable supporting performances rather than blockbuster leads.^[86] Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973) is an American model and actress whose career peaked in the early 2000s through high-profile fashion campaigns and television.^[89] She modeled for brands including Chanel, Armani, and Victoria's Secret, appearing on covers like Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue multiple times starting in 2000, which underscored her commercial viability in print and runway work.^[89] As an actress, Sims starred as Delinda Deline in the NBC series Las Vegas from 2003 to 2008, a role that ran for five seasons and highlighted her in 88 episodes amid the show's gambling-themed procedural format.^[90] Later ventures include film roles in Starsky & Hutch (2004) and producing through Something Happy Productions, though her media presence has diversified into lifestyle branding with mixed reception tied to episodic TV's formulaic constraints.^[90]^[91]

Athletes and others

Billy Sims (born January 18, 1960) is a former American football running back who won the Heisman Trophy in 1980 while at the University of Oklahoma, where he rushed for 2,266 yards and 22 touchdowns that season. Drafted first overall by the Detroit Lions in the 1980 NFL Draft, Sims accumulated 5,070 rushing yards and 42 touchdowns over five seasons before a severe knee injury in 1984 ended his career prematurely. Phil Simms (born November 3, 1955) is a retired NFL quarterback who spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants from 1979 to 1993, passing for 33,462 yards, 199 touchdowns, and earning two Pro Bowl selections. He is best known for being named Super Bowl XXI MVP in 1987, completing 22 of 25 passes for 268 yards and three touchdowns in a 39-20 victory over the Denver Broncos. Peter Sims (born July 29, 1976) is an entrepreneur, author, and investor who founded BLK SHP (Black Sheep), a venture platform focused on small-scale innovation experiments, and co-authored the book Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries in 2011, which draws on iterative testing principles used by figures like Pixar and Starbucks.^[92] His work emphasizes empirical validation through low-risk prototypes over grand planning, influencing business practices at organizations like Microsoft.^[92] Steve Sims is the founder of Bluefish, a luxury concierge service established in 2000 that has facilitated high-profile experiences for clients including Richard Branson and Elon Musk, such as private Vatican dinners and Grammy after-parties.^[93] Starting from a background in London's financial district, Sims built the company by leveraging personal networks and direct access to elite events, authoring Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen in 2017 to document strategies for bold networking and opportunity creation.^[93]

Other uses

Acronyms and technical terms

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) is a surface-sensitive analytical technique that determines the elemental and isotopic composition of solid samples by bombarding the surface with a focused beam of primary ions, which sputters secondary ions that are then mass-analyzed for identification and quantification.^[94] This method achieves high spatial resolution, often below 1 micrometer, and detects trace elements at parts-per-million levels, making it valuable for precise isotope ratio measurements in materials such as semiconductors, geological samples, and thin films.^[95] The technique was pioneered in 1960 by R. Castaing and G. Slodzian at the University of Paris, with early instruments developed in the late 1960s and commercial availability emerging in the 1970s through companies like Cameca.^[96] Standards for SIMS instrumentation and data interpretation are referenced in publications from bodies like the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which has contributed to calibration methods since the 1970s.^[97] In computing and simulation contexts, SIMS denotes the Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling, an annual event focused on applied simulation methods in engineering and systems analysis, initiated in 1966 to foster advancements in discrete-event and continuous simulation techniques.^[98] This acronym is formalized within European simulation societies and adheres to proceedings standards from organizations like the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS), emphasizing verifiable model validation protocols.^[98] Less commonly, SIMS refers to Sun Internet Mail Server, a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) implementation developed by Sun Microsystems in the 1990s for Unix-based email handling, now largely superseded by modern servers but documented in early internet RFC standards for mail routing.^[98] These usages are distinct from broader simulation software, confined to specific protocols or events with empirical validation in technical literature.

Miscellaneous references

In science fiction, "sims" denotes genetically engineered human-chimpanzee hybrids designed for menial labor in F. Paul Wilson's novel Sims (2000), which critiques corporate exploitation and bioethics through a legal battle over their rights.^[99] The term originates within the narrative as a corporate abbreviation for "simians," highlighting dehumanization via selective breeding and genetic manipulation. In alternate history fiction, "sims" describes Homo habilis-derived hominids discovered in the Americas in Harry Turtledove's A Different Flesh (1988), portraying them as primitive hunter-gatherers lacking advanced cognition, whose subjugation shapes colonial-era ethics and slavery debates.^[100] These depictions draw on paleoanthropological speculation but emphasize causal hierarchies in intelligence and societal integration, distinct from human norms.

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The paper reported the first weather forecast by electronic computer. It took twenty-four hours of processing time on the ENIAC Offsite Link to calculate a ...Missing: early | Show results with:early
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The History of Numerical Weather Prediction - NOAA
Oct 31, 2023 · The first one-day, nonlinear weather prediction was made in April, 1950. Its completion required the round-the-clock services of the modelers, ...Missing: simulations | Show results with:simulations
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Simulated Data in Empirical Science | Foundations of Science
Nov 6, 2023 · This paper provides the first systematic epistemological account of simulated data in empirical science.Simulated Data In Empirical... · 1 Introduction · 2.4 Simulated Data Mimicking...
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[PDF] Accuracy Requirements and Benchmark Experiments for CFD ...
SUFMARY. The role of experiment in the development of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for aerodynamic flow prediction is discussed.
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Verifying Your Finite Element Analysis Results - Engineering.com
Jan 25, 2016 · Verification is the process by which we check that the FEA was conducted properly. Validation is the process to check whether the simulation results reflect ...
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Transforming Engineering Design with Finite Element Analysis
May 31, 2023 · FEA helps evaluate structural integrity, stability, and load-bearing capacity, ensuring safety and efficiency in construction. Aerospace ...
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Validity and usefulness of COVID-19 models - Nature
Aug 3, 2020 · It is conceptually based on the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) framework of epidemiological modeling, yet it is not expressed in ...<|separator|>
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Molecular dynamics simulations and drug discovery - PubMed Central
The limitations of current simulation methodologies, including the high computational costs and approximations of molecular forces required, are also discussed.
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An Austrian rationale for agent-based modeling | Request PDF
Aug 6, 2025 · This is why many have suggested agent-based simulation as a promising future direction for Austrian economics (Nell, 2010) and entrepreneurship ...
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[PDF] Agent-Based Modeling in Economics and Finance: Past, Present ...
Jun 21, 2022 · Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a novel computational methodology for representing the behavior of individuals in order to study social phenomena.
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[PDF] Discrete vs. Continuous Simulation: When Does It Matter?
Jul 26, 2009 · While discrete event simulation accepts only discrete values as number of people, system dynamics approach assumes it can be continuous.
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Sensitivity analysis on causal chains of Bayesian networks
May 31, 2011 · To analyze the key path of Bayesian network in complex systems, this study proposes to analyze the sensitivity of causal chains of Bayesian ...
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Expanse Supercomputer Sims Advance Promising Alternative to ...
Aug 14, 2024 · The scientists found some iridium-centered chemicals that are especially promising for noninvasive cancer treatments like PDT and bioimaging of cells.
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Supercomputer Sims Illustrate Impact of Ocean Waves on Offshore ...
Dec 16, 2024 · “Using Expanse at San Diego Supercomputer Center, we found that wave patterns play a significant role in shaping the wind speed and turbulence ...
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Professor Aidan Sims
Sims, K-theory of C*-algebras arising from commuting Hilbert bimodules and invariant ideals, preprint 2025. [arXiv:2504.00377] [PDF]. Other. A. Sims and B. Sims ...
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[PDF] COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE - SIAM.org
One possible example is how to exploit the low- and mixed-precision hardware being developed for AI, Page 15 2024 SIAM Task Force Report | The Future of ...
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Micro- and Macroparametric Uncertainty in Climate Change Prediction
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[PDF] Micro and macro parametric uncertainty in climate change prediction
May 20, 2025 · However, a systematic analysis of the consequences of parametric uncertainty in the context of climate modelling remains largely absent. This is ...<|separator|>
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Sims Limited (SGM.XA) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance
Sims Limited engages in buying, processing, and selling of ferrous and non-ferrous recycled metals in Australia, China, India, Thailand, Turkey, the United ...
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Sims Limited (SMSMY) Company Profile & Facts - Yahoo Finance
Sims Limited was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Mascot, Australia. ... Sims Limited Earnings Date. Recent Events. October 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC.
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Sims Limited Announces Fiscal 2025 Full Year Results
Sims Limited (the Company or the Group) today announced FY25 sales revenue of $7,494.0 million, up 4.1% compared to FY24 sales revenue of $7,195.4 million.
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Sims reports earnings drop in 2025 fiscal year - Recycling Today
Aug 20, 2025 · The global recycling company's revenue increased in the fiscal year from July 2024 through June 2025, but its profits fell by 10 percent.Missing: founded | Show results with:founded
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About Us - Billy Sims BBQ
Jul 5, 2023 · Celebrating its 19th year, Billy Sims Barbecue is a 30+ unit, Tulsa-based fast casual concept serving premium barbecue and traditional sides.
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Franchise - Billy Sims BBQ
Mar 22, 2024 · Billy Sims Barbecue began in 2004 with one 1,500 square foot location in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today, Billy Sims Barbecue has grown to over 30 ...
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Start a Billy Sims BBQ Franchise in 2025 - Entrepreneur
Named for a former college and professional football player, Billy Sims BBQ was started in 2004 and began franchising in 2008. The company is based in Tulsa ...
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Sims - Wikipedia
Games · The Sims, a life simulation video game series. The Sims (video game), the first installment, released in 2000; The Sims 2, the second installment, ...Missing: definition encyclopedia
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About Us - SIMS Foundation
The SIMS Foundation provides mental health and substance use recovery services and supports for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent ...
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Rating for Sims Foundation Inc. - Charity Navigator
Rating 2/4 · Review by Charity NavigatorSIMS FOUNDATION PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE RECOVERY SERVICES FOR MUSICIANS, MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THE ...
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SIMS Foundation Resumes Services After 90-Day Pause
Feb 20, 2025 · SIMS paused its counseling, psychiatric care, and substance abuse recovery services for nearly all of its 500-plus clients from November through ...
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The Off Beat: What Are Austin Musicians Losing During SIMS' 90 ...
Nov 7, 2024 · SIMS paused enrollment for new clients to its substance abuse and psychiatric care programs last fall, citing funding issues. Enrollment ...
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After shutting off mental health care for Austin musicians, SIMS ...
Feb 13, 2025 · After shutting off mental health care for Austin musicians, SIMS Foundation restarts services.Missing: controversies | Show results with:controversies
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MISSION | Simsfoundationofhope - Sims Foundation of Hope
Sims Foundation of H.O.P.E., Inc (Health Opportunity Prosperity Empowerment) is a non-profit organization, that was incorporated by Ray and Jaleen Sims on ...
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About Us - Sims Living
SIMS LIVING is a California-based nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming lives through holistic mental health coaching, financial coaching, and ...
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Sims, North Carolina - Ballotpedia
Sims is a city in Wilson County, North Carolina. The city had 275 residents as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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Sims, NC | Data USA
Sims, NC is home to a population of 366 people, from which 89.9% are citizens. As of 2023, 10.9% of Sims, NC residents were born outside of the country.Missing: history founding
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[PDF] 2024 Plan of Conservation and Development - Simsbury-ct.gov
Nov 28, 2023 · People Of Simsbury / Demographics. According to the Census, Simsbury had a year 2020 population of 24,517 per- sons. This represents an ...
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Simsbury, Connecticut Population 2025
Simsbury's average per capita income is $90,927. Household income levels show a median of $153,715. The poverty rate stands at 5.31%.
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Sims township, Arenac County, MI - Profile data - Census Reporter
Census data for Sims township, Arenac County, MI (pop. 907), including age, race, sex, income, poverty, marital status, education and more.Missing: history | Show results with:history
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Census Data
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Sims - Littoral Region Map, Weather and Photos - Cameroon
It is located at an elevation of 59 meters above sea level. Sims is also known as Kopango, Kopongo, Sims. Its coordinates are 3°57'0" N and 10°6'0 ...
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Kopongo Map - Village - Littoral Province, Cameroon - Mapcarta
Kopongo · Type: Village · Description: village in Cameroon · Also known as: “Kopango” and “Sims”.
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Sims, William S. - Naval History and Heritage Command - Navy.mil
Nov 10, 2016 · William Sowden Sims' drive to modernize gunnery and professionalism in the late 19 th /early 20th century US Navy places him among the most influential figures.
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Douglas Sims - Wikipedia
Douglas Arthur Sims II is a retired United States Army lieutenant general who last served as director of the Joint Staff from 2024 to 2025.
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Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims - Joint Chiefs of Staff
WASHINGTON - Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims Official Portrait DOWNLOAD PHOTO (1.26 MB) This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release.
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CGI names Stanley Sims, former Director, U.S. Defense Security ...
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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 - Press release - NobelPrize.org
Oct 10, 2011 · Christopher Sims has developed a method based on so-called vector autoregression to analyze how the economy is affected by temporary changes in ...Missing: named | Show results with:named
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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 - Popular information
Sims's methodology may also be described in three steps. In the first step, the analyst makes a forecast for macroeconomic variables using a vector- ...
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[PDF] Christopher A. Sims - Prize Lecture: Statistical Modeling of Monetary ...
In my 1980a paper I estimated such a model, as a vector autoregression, or VAR, the type of model I was suggesting in “Macroeconomics and Reality”. (1980b).
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[PDF] Christopher A. Sims and Vector Autoregressions - NYU Stern
honored with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In a series of papers, Sims (1972, 1980a, 1980b) proposed the use of vector autoregressions (VARs).
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Aidan SIMS | Professor | PhD (Mathematics) | UNSW | Research profile
I am particularly interested in graph C*-algebras and their generalisations, groupoid C*-algebras, C*-algebras associated to product systems and to Fell bundles ...
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Professor Aidan Sims FAA - Australian Academy of Science - YouTube
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Aidan Sims's articles on arXiv
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‪Aidan Sims‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬
Co-authors ; Simplicity of C*-algebras associated to higher-rank graphs. DI Robertson, A Sims. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 39 (2), 337-344, 2007.
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Sims, Zoot | Encyclopedia.com
Inspired by saxophonists like Ben Webster, Lester Young, and Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims dedicated his life to playing mainstream jazz. “Throughout his career,” ...Missing: collaborations sales
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ZOOT SIMS, 59, SAXOPHONIST RENOWNED IN JAZZ
Mar 24, 1985 · Sims was an exemplar of the meaning of the term ''swing'' in jazz. Strongly influenced by the warm tone and gracefully flowing saxophone lines ...
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Zoot Sims - All in One Place - JazzProfiles
Oct 1, 2019 · He had been a teenage saxophone star in a showy jazz orchestra, the Woody Herman band. He was an unpretentious, unaffected, music-loving ...Missing: sales | Show results with:sales
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Zoot Sims Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |... - AllMusic
Zoot Sims was famous for epitomizing the swinging musician, never playing an inappropriate phrase. He always sounded inspired.<|separator|>
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Sim, Alastair (1900-1976) Biography - BFI Screenonline
Sim was above all associated with Launder and Gilliat for whom he made many films from 1939 to 1959, most unforgettably The Happiest Days of Your Life , as the ...Missing: notable | Show results with:notable
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Alastair Sim and the Heuretics of Humbug - Travalanche
Oct 9, 2021 · His professional stage debut came at the age of 30 in a West End production of Othello, in which he played a messenger, and also understudied ...
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Overview of Alastair Sim - Gazetteer for Scotland
Other notable roles include Green for Danger (1946), Scrooge (1951), An Inspector Calls (1954) and The Millionairess (1960). He was the first actor to become ...
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Molly Sims Latest News, Bio, Profile, Album, Movie and Photo.
Her career kept rising as she also appeared in various advertising campaigns for popular brands of Nautica, Armani, Chanel, Old Navy, Victoria's Secret, and ...
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Molly Sims - IMDb
Molly Sims has also appeared in several movies including Starsky & Hutch (2004) and The Benchwarmers (2006). BornMay 25, 1973.Biography · 1 of 328 · Filmography · News
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Boss Files: Molly Sims | All Sorts Of
Holding many titles and wearing many hats, Molly Sims is the founder of YSE Beauty, founder and producer of Something Happy Productions, co-host of Lipstick ...
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Peter Sims - IMD business school for management and leadership ...
Peter Sims is a best-selling author, investor, and Founder & Chairman of BLK SHP (Black Sheep), Inc., a platform for small bets and new ventures.Missing: notable | Show results with:notable
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Ep.491 ~ The Go-To Man for the World's Elite ~ Steve Sims
His name is Steve Sims and he is a real life underground connector running a company called Bluefish. ... He is the official concierge for the Grammys, he has ...
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry | Analytical Chemistry
Aug 29, 2008 · SIMS is a surface analysis technique in which a beam of “primary ions”—traditionally Ar+, Ga ...
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry - an overview - ScienceDirect.com
Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is defined as a technique in which a primary ion beam bombards a surface, causing ions to be sputtered from that surface, ...
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Tutorial - EAG Laboratories
In this SIMS Tutorial from EAG Laboratories, we present the history of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, as well as the scientific principles behind the ...
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[PDF] Secondary ion mass spectrometry
The National Bureau of Standards' was established by an act of Congress March 3,. 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's ...
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SIMS - Information Technology - Acronym Finder
What does SIMS stand for? ; SIMS, Sun Internet Mail Server ; SIMS, Single Interface to Multiple Sources ; SIMS, Scandinavian Conference on Simulation and Modeling.
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Sims - Wilson, F. Paul: Books - Amazon.com
In a near-future world, lawyer Patrick Sullivan fights to unionize genetically modified chimps called sims, uncovering dark secrets at SimGen corporation.
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A Different Flesh by Harry Turtledove | Research Starters - EBSCO
In this alternate reality, the sims exist as hunter-gatherers but lack the advanced cognitive abilities of Homo sapiens, leading to a significantly different ...