Title :
Introduction to simulation
Author :
Thesen, Ame ; Travis, Laurel E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
An overview is given of simulation modeling and analysis from the perspective of prospective users wanting to use simulation as a decision aid. Important considerations in building simulation models and analyzing their outputs are discussed. A few examples of simulation software are given
Keywords :
digital simulation; decision aid; prospective users; simulation modeling; simulation models; simulation software; Airports; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delay; Discrete event simulation; Industrial engineering; Performance gain; Random variables; X-rays;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 1991. Proceedings., Winter
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0181-1
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1991.185585
