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Inside simulation software: how it works and why it matters

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Winter Simulation Conference archive
Proceedings of the 27th conference on Winter simulation table of contents

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pages: 110 - 117

Year of Publication: 1995

ISBN:0-7803-3018-8

Authors

Thomas J. Schriber	Computer and Information Systems, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Daniel T. Brunner	Systernflow Simulations, Inc., 6366 Guilford Avenue, Suite 310, Indianapolis, Indiana

Sponsors

IIE : Institute of Industrial Engineers
SCS : Society for Computer Simulation
ASA : American Statistical Association
NIST : National Institue of Standards & Technology
IEEE-CS : Computer Society
IEEE-SMCS : Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society
ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
INFORMS/CS : Computer Science TC
SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling

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IEEE Computer Society Washington, DC, USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper provides beginning and intermediate simulation practitioners and interested simulation consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discrete-event systems and modeling; entities and resources; simulation runs; entity states; entity lists; and list management. The implementation of these generic ideas in SIMAN, ProModel, and GPSS/H is described. The paper concludes with several examples of "why it matters" for modelers to know in fine detail how their simulation software works.

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	1	Scott P. Baird , Jeffrey J. Leavy, Simulation modeling using ProModel for windows, Proceedings of the 26th conference on Winter simulation, p.527-532, December 11-14, 1994, Orlando, Florida, United States
	2	Banks, J., J. S. Carson, and J. N. Sy. 1989. Getting Started with GPSS/H. Annandale, Virginia: Wolverine Software Corporation.
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	8	David M. Profozich , David T. Sturrock, Introduction to SIMAN/Cinema, Proceedings of the 26th conference on Winter simulation, p.427-430, December 11-14, 1994, Orlando, Florida, United States
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	Peter Lorenz , Thomas J. Schriber, Teaching introductory simulation in 1996: from the first assignment to the final presentation, Proceedings of the 28th conference on Winter simulation, p.1379-1386, December 08-11, 1996, Coronado, California, United States
	Ingolf Ståhl, Teaching the fundamentals of simulation in a very short time, Proceedings of the 28th conference on Winter simulation, p.1387-1394, December 08-11, 1996, Coronado, California, United States
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