Introduction to Simulation

• Simulation: Key Questions
• Introduction to Simulation
• Common Mistakes in Simulation
• Other Causes of Simulation Analysis Failure
• Checklist for Simulations
• Terminology
• Types of Models
• Linear and Nonlinear Models
• Open and Closed Models
• Stable and Unstable Models
• Computer System Models
• Selecting a Language for Simulation
• Simulation Languages
• General Purpose Language
• Extensions of a General Purpose Language
• Simulation Packages
• Types of Simulation Languages
• Types of Simulations
• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Monte Carlo: Example
• Trace-Driven Simulation
• Advantages of Trace-Driven Simulations
• Disadvantages of Trace-Driven Simulations
• Discrete Event Simulations
• Components of Discrete Event Simulations
• Event-Set Algorithms
• Summary
• Exercise 24.1
• Exercise 24.2
• Exercise 24.3

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