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{{Short description|Scientific educational software}}
'''VISQ''' (Portuguese acronym for "Variables that Interact Semi-Quantitatively") is a scientific-educational [[software]] developed using [[Carnegie-Mellon]]'s [[Vpython#History|cT]], in the year of 1993 by M. Thielo (as a [[physics]] undergrad at the time), based on Jon Ogborn ideas for semi-quantitative modeling of [[dynamical systems]], for both [[MS-DOS]] and [[Macintosh]] systems (in 2012 the author published a new, Windows compatible version). Awarded by the [[Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul]] (UFRGS) in 1994, the system is based on the theory of continuous [[neural networks]], and have been used in many research projects since then, mainly in Master and Doctoral Dissertations in the area of [[environmental education]].<ref>[http://repositorio.furg.br/discover?scope=%2F&query=VISQ&submit=Go Several works, ranging from scientific papers to Master Dissertations on using VISQ for modelling dynamical systems, including environmental problems (in Portuguese)]</ref> An introduction to VISQ (in Portuguese) can be found at the university site,<ref>[http://www.modelciencias.furg.br/bin/ferramentas/semi/visq.php VISQ: and introduction to semiquantitative modelling tools (in Portuguese)]</ref> and the [[software]] can be freely downloaded from the author's site<ref>[http://www.if.ufrgs.br/~thielo/visqw12.zip Downloading VISQ for Windows]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.if.ufrgs.br/~thielo/visq.zip] Download MS-DOS Version of VISQ
*[http://www.modelciencias.furg.br/profecomp/imanvis.htm] Reference manual (English)
*[http://www.modelciencias.furg.br/bin/ferramentas/semi/visq.php] Representing Semiquantitative Variables with VISQ (in Portuguese)
*[https://archive.today/20130106105426/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119171348/abstract] Journal Article containing a case study with the program, published in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwJq_U22d74] Animated example of a semiquantitative model running in VISQ.
[[Category:Science education]]
[[Category:Educational software]]
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