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9780070592926

Simulation Modeling and Analysis

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    9780070592926

  • ISBN10:

    0070592926

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-12-30
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

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Summary

This authoritative, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date guide addresses all the important aspects of a simulation study, including modeling, simulation languages, validation, input probability distribution, and analysis of simulation output data. Full scale treatments of manufacturing systems simulation and simulation software and animation are also included along with useful and instructive case studies.

Author Biography

Averill Law (Tucson, AZ) is the founder of Averill M. Law & Associates. David Kelton (Cincinnati, OH) is a member of the faculty in the Department of Quantitative Analysis at the University of Cincinnati.

Table of Contents

1 Basic Simulation Modeling

2 Modeling Complex Systems

3 Simulation Software

4 Review of Basic Probability and Statistics

5 Building Valid, Credible, and Appropriately Detailed Simulation Models

6 Selecting Input Probability Distributions

7 Random-Number Generators

8 Generating Random Variates

9 Output Data Analysis for a Single System

10 Comparing Alternative System Configurations

11 Variance-Reduction Techniques

12 Experimental Design, Sensitivity Analysis, and Optimization

13 Simulation of Manufacturing Systems

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