MONIAC hydraulic computer

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The MONIAC hydraulic computer is an analog machine that uses flowing water through tanks and pipes to simulate and visualize the behavior of a national economy.

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instanceOf analog computer ⓘ
economic simulator ⓘ
hydraulic computer ⓘ
acronymFor Monetary National Income Analogue Computer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs MONIAC ⓘ
Monetary National Income Analogue Computer ⓘ
Phillips Machine ⓘ
computingPrinciple hydraulic analogy ⓘ
controlMethod manual adjustment of valves ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor economic research demonstration ⓘ
teaching macroeconomics ⓘ
developerAffiliation London School of Economics ⓘ
era post-World War II period ⓘ
fieldOfUse economic education ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
systems dynamics ⓘ
hasComponent pipes ⓘ
pumps ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
valves ⓘ
historicalSignificance early analog computer for economics ⓘ
pioneering macroeconomic teaching tool ⓘ
inception 1949 ⓘ
influenced later economic simulation models ⓘ
inventor Bill Phillips ⓘ
mainFunction simulate macroeconomic processes ⓘ
simulate national income flows ⓘ
visualize behavior of a national economy ⓘ
material metal framework ⓘ
plexiglass ⓘ
notableFeature physical embodiment of Keynesian economic model ⓘ
numberOfUnitsBuilt approximately 14 ⓘ
powerSource electric pump ⓘ
representationMethod water flows represent monetary flows ⓘ
water levels represent monetary stocks ⓘ
represents consumption ⓘ
exports ⓘ
government spending ⓘ
imports ⓘ
investment ⓘ
national income ⓘ
taxation ⓘ
scale room-sized machine ⓘ
usedAt London School of Economics ⓘ
universities in New Zealand ⓘ
universities in the United Kingdom ⓘ
universities in the United States ⓘ
usesMedium water ⓘ
visualizationType graduated tanks and gauges ⓘ
visible water flows ⓘ

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A. W. Phillips → knownFor → MONIAC hydraulic computer ⓘ
Alban William Housego Phillips → knownFor → MONIAC hydraulic economic computer ⓘ
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Alban William Housego Phillips → designed → MONIAC (Monetary National Income Analogue Computer) ⓘ
linked to: MONIAC hydraulic computer
MONIAC hydraulic computer → alsoKnownAs → MONIAC ⓘ
linked to: MONIAC hydraulic computer
MONIAC hydraulic computer → alsoKnownAs → Monetary National Income Analogue Computer ⓘ
linked to: MONIAC hydraulic computer
MONIAC hydraulic computer → acronymFor → Monetary National Income Analogue Computer ⓘ
linked to: MONIAC hydraulic computer