Discrete-Event Simulation
Subtitle: Modeling, Programming, and Analysis
By: by George S. Fishman
Series: Springer Series in Operations Research; Springer series in operations research
Publisher: Springer New York
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9781441928924; 9781475735529
Subjects: Mathematics; Computer simulation; Economics; Computer science; Operations research
Description: Discrete-event simulation consists of a collection of techniques that when applied to a discrete-event dynamical system, generates sequences called sample paths that characterize its behavior. The collection includes modelling concepts for abstracting the essential features of a system, using specially designed software for converting these relationships into computer executable code capable of generating the requisite sample-path data; outlining procedures for converting these data into estimates of systems performances; and then illustrating methods for assessing how well these estimates approximate true, but unknown system behavior. This book is intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate students in operations research and management science, mathematics, industrial engineering, computer science, and business and features extensive exercises throughout. This concept of modelling complex sytems allows a relatively low-cost way of gathering information for decision-making. Principally offered are four problems for student exercises; each is progressively brought forward through the modelling, programming, and analysis chapters, providing continuity to the learning process.
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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Simulation in Perspective; title: Modeling Concepts Data Collection and Averages; title: Programming and Execution; title: Search, Space, and Time; title: Output Analysis; title: Making Sense of Output and Increasing Efficiency; title: Sampling from Probability Distributions; title: Pseudorandom Number Generation; title: Preparing the Input; title: Appendices; title: Index.