TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birta,Louis G.
AU  - Arbez,Gilbert
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Modelling and Simulation: Exploring Dynamic System Behaviour 
T2  - Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications,
SN  - 9781447127833
AV  - T385 
U1  - 006.6 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Springer London, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Computer science
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - Computer graphics
KW  - Computer mathematics
KW  - Applied mathematics
KW  - Engineering mathematics
KW  - Economics
KW  - Management science
KW  - Computer Science
KW  - Computer Graphics
KW  - Simulation and Modeling
KW  - Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering
KW  - Computational Science and Engineering
KW  - Economics, general
N1  - Part I: Fundamentals -- Introduction -- The Modelling and Simulation Process -- Part II: DEDS Modelling and Simulation -- DEDS Stochastic Behaviour and Modelling -- A Conceptual Modelling Framework for DEDS -- DEDS Simulation Model Development -- The Activity-Object World View for DEDS -- Experimentation and Output Analysis -- Part III: CTDS Modelling and Simulation -- Modelling of Continuous Time Dynamic Systems -- Simulation with CTDS Models -- Optimization -- Probability Primer -- GPSS Primer -- MATLAB Primer
N2  - Modelling and simulation provides invaluable support for the design and evaluation of dynamic systems, offering multi-faceted tools that are unconstrained by discipline boundaries. This fully updated and expanded new edition of Modelling and Simulation presents a practical introduction to the fundamental aspects of modelling and simulation. It provides the necessary foundations both for those wishing to learn about this methodology and also for those who have a need to apply it in their work. Illustrative examples are drawn from projects formulated within the domains of both discrete-event dynamic systems and continuous-time dynamic systems. Topics and features: Presents a project-oriented (i.e., goal-based) perspective on modelling and simulation Describes an updated novel activity based conceptual modelling framework (the ABCmod framework) for discrete-event dynamic systems Includes a new chapter that presents a novel world view, the Activity-Object world view, which eases the translation of a conceptual model specification in the ABCmod framework into a simulation program Contains numerous illustrative examples and useful algorithms, in addition to exercises and projects at the end of most chapters Includes a primer on probability, a concise guide to the GPSS programming environment and an overview of relevant MATLAB features in the appendices Provides supplementary software and teaching support material at an associated website, including lecture slides and a methodology for organizing student projects Students at the senior undergraduate or junior graduate level will find this hands-on textbook/reference to be an essential guide to the fundamentals of modelling and simulation. It is also ideally suited for self-study by professionals seeking insight into the vast potential of this rapidly evolving problem-solving paradigm
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2783-3
ER  -