Exploring the forms of model diagnosis in a simulation support environment

ABSTRACT

Our purpose is to explain the categorization of diagnostic assistance, using an example, in order to address the central question for a simulation support environment: In what forms can computer assistance be provided to improve the simulation model development task? This question must be answered in the context of the economic and technical realities of today, for the near future, and the long term. We present several examples of computer assistance which indicate that a significant degree of assistance is possible.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.7 Simulation Support Systems
          Subjects: Environments

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.5 Model Development
          Subjects: Modeling methodologies

General Terms:
Design, Performance, Theory