Simulation
eBook - PDF

Simulation

The Practice of Model Development and Use

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Simulation

The Practice of Model Development and Use

About this book

The new edition of this successful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to simulation, foregrounding the topic as an applied problem-solving tool. Guiding readers through the key stages in a simulation project in terms of both the technical requirements and the project management issues surrounding it, the book will enable students to develop appropriate valid conceptual models, perform simulation experiments, analyse the results and draw insightful conclusions. The author's engaging style and authoritative knowledge of the subject make the book as accessible as it is essential, drawing on case studies and complementary online content to encourage a critical engagement with the topic. This is an ideal textbook for those studying on upper level undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in business and management and MBA programmes, and is a core text for those specialising in operations management. In addition, it is an important text for students taking Simulation modules on engineering, computer science or mathematics degree programmes. New to this Edition:
- A practical step-by-step guide to preparing a simple model
- Improved cross referencing, navigation and design
- Updated referencing and the inclusion of select new case studies
- New material available via the companion website
- Key concepts, on-page glossary terms and relevant further reading lists for each chapter

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Information

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781137328021
eBook ISBN
9781137328038
Edition
2
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Defining Simulation: What, Why and When?
  11. 2 Inside Simulation Software
  12. 3 Software for Simulation
  13. 4 Simulation Studies: An Overview
  14. 5 Conceptual Modelling
  15. 6 Developing the Conceptual Model
  16. 7 Data Collection and Analysis
  17. 8 Model Coding
  18. 9 Experimentation: Obtaining Accurate Results
  19. 10 Experimentation: Searching the Solution Space
  20. 11 Implementation
  21. 12 Verification, Validation and Confidence
  22. 13 The Practice of Simulation
  23. Appendix 1: Simple Queue Model
  24. Appendix 2: Wardeon Cinema
  25. Appendix 3: Panorama Televisions
  26. Appendix 4: Methods of Reporting Simulation Results
  27. Appendix 5: Statistical Distributions
  28. Appendix 6: Critical Values for the Chi-Square Test
  29. Appendix 7: Critical Values for the Student’s t-Distribution
  30. Index