Stewart Robinson, Professor of Management Science, Loughborough University.
Second edition.
New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
xxii, 367 pages ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Defining simulation: What, Why and When? -- Inside Simulation Software -- Software for Simulation -- Simulation Studies: An Overview -- Conceptual Modelling -- Developing the Conceptual Model -- Data Collection and Analysis -- Model Coding -- Experimentation: Obtaining Accurate Results -- Experimentation: Searching the Solution Space -- Implementation -- Verification, Validation and Confidence -- The Practice of Simulation.
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"Simulation modelling involves the development of models that imitate real-world operations, and statistical analysis of their performance with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness. This non-technical textbook is focused towards the needs of business, engineering and computer science students"--