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A scenario is a synopsis of a series of actions and events in a work of the performing arts that lacks a full script, such as a ballet. Scenario or scenarios may also refer to: Management, science and technology
In computing, a scenario (UK: / s ɪ ˈ n ɑː r i oʊ /, US: / s ə ˈ n ɛər i oʊ /; loaned from Italian scenario (pronounced [ʃeˈnaːrjo]), from Latin scena 'scene' [1]) is a narrative of foreseeable interactions of user roles (known in the Unified Modeling Language as 'actors') and the technical system, which usually includes computer hardware and software.
The plural may be used to emphasise the plurality of the attribute, especially in British English but very rarely in American English: a careers advisor, a languages expert. The plural is also more common with irregular plurals for various attributions: women killers are women who kill, whereas woman killers are those who kill women.
A usage scenario for a piece of software; often used in the plural to suggest situations where a piece of software may be useful. A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it. This article discusses the latter sense. (For more on the other sense, see for example user persona.)
A plural base title can also redirect to an article (Bookends redirects to Bookend; Faces redirects to Face). If separate primary topics are determined, add a hatnote from the plural page to the singular form (or vice versa). Sometimes, what appears to be a plural form may also be a separate word, which can influence the primary topic decision.
The scenario approach or scenario optimization approach is a technique for obtaining solutions to robust optimization and chance-constrained optimization problems based on a sample of the constraints. It also relates to inductive reasoning in modeling and decision-making.
Scenario analysis is a process of analyzing future events by considering alternative possible outcomes (sometimes called "alternative worlds"). Thus, scenario analysis, which is one of the main forms of projection, does not try to show one exact picture of the future. Instead, it presents several alternative future developments.
In the performing arts, a scenario (/ s ɪ ˈ n ɑː r i. oʊ /, US also / s ɪ ˈ n ɛər i. oʊ,-ˈ n ær-/; [1] Italian: [ʃeˈnaːrjo]; from Italian scenario, "that which is pinned to the scenery") is a synoptical collage of an event or series of actions and