model-oriented program

noun
UK /ˈmɒd.əl ˈɔː.ri.ən.tɪd ˈprəʊ.ɡræm/
US /ˈmɑː.dəl ˈɔːr.i.ən.tɪd ˈproʊ.ɡræm/

A model-oriented program is a computer program built around a model of the real thing it studies.

The weather team uses a model-oriented program to predict tomorrow's rain.

SYNONYMS

model-based programsimulation programmodel-driven softwaremodeling application

RELATED WORDS

simulationmodelsoftwarealgorithmprototype

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A program in which the model is the main part and the code is generated from it.

Engineers changed the model, and the model-oriented program updated itself.

3. A teaching program that organizes lessons around a simplified model of a system.

The science class used a model-oriented program to explore how rivers flow.

4. A software tool that lets users build and test models before writing full code.

She sketched the design in a model-oriented program first.