Table of Contents:
  • List of symbols
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Basic simulation modeling
  • Chapter 2. Modeling complex systems
  • Chapter 3. Simulation software
  • Chapter 3. Simulation software
  • Chapter 4. Review of basic probability and statistics
  • Chapter 5. Building valid, credible, and appropriately detailed simulation models
  • Chapter 6. Selecting input probability distributions
  • Chapter 7. Random- Number- Generators
  • Chapter 8.Generating random variates
  • Chapter 9. Output data analysis for a single system
  • Chapter 10. Comparing alternative system configurations
  • Chapter 11. Variance- Reduction techniques
  • Chapter 12. Experimental design, sensitivity analysis and optimization
  • Chapter 13. Simulation of manufacturing systems
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Subject Index.