99% Invisible's America's Last Top Model. The Mississippi River Basin model was shut down because the computer models were cheaper and "good enough." They still

99% Invisible's America's Last Top Model. The Mississippi River Basin model was shut down because the computer models were cheaper and "good enough." They still use physical models today for other projects, albeit on a much smaller scale. Fluid simulation is a very difficult problem to simulate, structures are a lot simpler. http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/americas-last-top-model/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/americas-last-top-mode...