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Computer simulation in management science / Michael Pidd

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester : John Wiley, [2003, reprint]Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780471979319
  • 9780471979319
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Partial contents:
Part 1. Fundamentals of computer simulation in management science: the computer simulation approach; a variety of modelling approaches. Part 2. Discrete event simulation: discrete event modelling; event, activity and process approaches to modelling; the three phase approach; visual interactive simulation; model testing and validation; three phase simulation in Turbo Pascal; graphics and interaction in three phase simulation; selecting discrete simulation software; a classification of discrete simulation software; sampling methods; planning and interpreting discrete simulations. Part 3. System dynamics: modelling feedback systems; system dynamics simulation; system dynamics in practice
Summary: Further to the previous editions of this text, Pidd updates relevant sections placing more emphasis on the increasingly crucial area of system dynamics, strengthens statistical aspects, and features more exercises at the end of each chapter.
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Part 1. Fundamentals of computer simulation in management science: the computer simulation approach; a variety of modelling approaches. Part 2. Discrete event simulation: discrete event modelling; event, activity and process approaches to modelling; the three phase approach; visual interactive simulation; model testing and validation; three phase simulation in Turbo Pascal; graphics and interaction in three phase simulation; selecting discrete simulation software; a classification of discrete simulation software; sampling methods; planning and interpreting discrete simulations. Part 3. System dynamics: modelling feedback systems; system dynamics simulation; system dynamics in practice

Further to the previous editions of this text, Pidd updates relevant sections placing more emphasis on the increasingly crucial area of system dynamics, strengthens statistical aspects, and features more exercises at the end of each chapter.

Previous ed.: 1992, this ed. first published: 1998

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