Simulation
Subtitle: a modeler's approach
By: James R. Thompson.
Series: Wiley series in probability and statistics.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Experimental design.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical statistics.
Description: "Professor James Thompson discusses methods, available to anyone with a fast desktop computer, for integrating simulation into the modeling process in order to create meaningful models of real phenomena. Drawing from a wealth of experience, he gives examples from trading markets, oncology, epidemiology, statistical process control, physics, public policy, combat, real-world optimization, Bayesian analyses, and population dynamics."--BOOK JACKET.

"Simulation: A Modeler's Approach is a provocative and practical guide for professionals in applied statistics as well as engineers, scientists, computer scientists, financial analysts, and anyone with an interest in the synergy between data, models, and the digital computer."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."