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Preface to the Fifth Edition | |
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Fundamentals Of Computer Simulation In Management Science | |
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The computer simulation approach | |
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Models, experiments and computers | |
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Some applications of computer simulation | |
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Manufacturing | |
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Health care | |
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Business process re-engineering | |
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Transport systems | |
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Defence | |
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Models in management science | |
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Simulation as experimentation | |
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Why simulate? | |
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Simulation versus direct experimentation | |
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Simulation versus mathematical modelling | |
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Summary | |
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Exercises | |
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References | |
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A variety of modelling approaches | |
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General considerations | |
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Time handling | |
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Time slicing | |
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Next-event technique | |
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Time slicing or next event? | |
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Stochastic or deterministic? | |
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Deterministic simulation: a time-slicing example | |
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Stochastic simulation | |
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Discrete or continuous change | |
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Discrete change | |
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Continuous change | |
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A few words on simulation software | |
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Exercises | |
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References | |
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Computer simulation in practice | |
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Process, content, problem and project | |
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Process and content | |
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Problems and projects | |
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Two parallel streams | |
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The simulation problem part of the study | |
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Problem structuring | |
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Problem structuring as exploration | |
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Modelling | |
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Conceptual model building | |
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Computer implementation | |
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Validation | |
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Experimentation | |
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Implementation | |
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The project part of the study | |
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Initial negotiation and project definition | |
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Project management and control | |
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Project completion | |
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Exercises | |
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References | |
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Static Monte Carlo simulation | |
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Basic ideas | |
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Risk and uncertainty | |
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The replacement problem: a reprise | |
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Static Monte Carlo simulation defined | |
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Some important considerations | |
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Subjective probabilities | |
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Repeatability | |
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Some simple static simulations | |
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The loan repayment | |
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An investment decision | |
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Simulation on spreadsheets | |
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Exercises | |
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References | |
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Discrete Event Simulation | |
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Discrete event modelling | |
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Fundamentals | |
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Terminology | |
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Objects of the system | |
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The organization of entities | |
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Operations of the entities | |
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Activity cycle diagrams | |
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Example 1: a simple job shop | |
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Example 2: the harassed booking clerk | |
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Example 3: the delivery depot | |
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Using the activity cycle diagram | |
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Activity cycle diagrams: a caveat | |
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Exercises | |
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References | |
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How discrete simulation software works | |
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Introduction | |
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Why understand how simulation software is organized? | |
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Simulation executives in more detail | |
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Application logic | |
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The three-phase approach | |
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Bs | |
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Cs | |
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The exception to the general rule | |
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Bs and Cs in the harassed booking clerk problem | |
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Another example: a T-junction | |
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How the three-phase approach works | |
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The A phase | |
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The B phase | |
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The C phase | |
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The harassed booking clerk—a manual three-phase simulation | |
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The first A phase | |
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The first B phase | |
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The first C phase | |
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The second A phase | |
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The next B and C phases | |
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The third A phase | |
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