The potential use of computer simulations as educational
tools was first investigated in the 1970s (Baker, 1978; Rushby,
1979). Thompson and Simpson (1973) describe the use of a
simulator program written in FORTRAN IV using an IBM
360/65 computer at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Elsewhere,
Peltz (1978) identified and documented a number of
simulation models used for instruction in forestry