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Machinations Essentials
The Machinations Essentials badge is a recognition awarded to users who understand the fundamental concepts of Machinations. Users with this badge can make informed decisions about their systems by creating simple models, running simulations and analyzing the results in Machinations.
Specifically, this badge proves that users comprehend the following topics:
- Simulation models and abstraction
- Steps
- Resources
- Performing a preliminary analysis: defining data, results, steps, runtime and resources
- Running simulations with interactive plays
- Executing predictions to extrapolate results
- Pools
- Sources
- Resource connections
- Randomness: dice throws and random functions
- Converters
- Triggers: automatic and passive
- Diagram styles and best practices
- Charts
To earn the Machinations Essentials badge, users need to complete the Machinations Essentials course and obtain a score of 80% or above in the final quiz.
This course demonstrates that the user has a thorough comprehension of what simulation models are in Machinations and the benefits of the platform. Users have a basic understanding of play modes, steps, predictions, charts and the basic components necessary to create diagrams.