FlexSim in Academe: Teaching and Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pawlewski, Pawel (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hoffa-Dabrowska, Patrycja (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Golinska-Dawson, Paulina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Werner-Lewandowska, Karolina (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing,
• Subjects: Computer simulation.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Production management.; Business logistics.; Learning.; Instruction.; Simulation and Modeling.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Production.; Logistics.; Supply Chain Management.; Learning & Instruction.
• Physical Description: VIII, 143 p. 72 illus., 50 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030045197
• ISSN: 2193-4614
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04519-7

This book describes a variety of teaching and academic research applications that effectively utilize FlexSim to: (1) provide guidelines, methods and tools for simulation modeling and analysis in a variety of educational settings and (2) address a variety of important design and operational issues in industry. Simulation is increasingly proving to be an important tool for supporting decision-making and problem-solving processes in many disparate domains, including the design, management and improvement of a wide range of operations systems in manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, etc. Achieving resource efficiency and minimizing negative externalities from operations represent two of today's greatest challenges; modern simulation methods can help to overcome them. FlexSim is a prominent software package for developing discrete-event, agent-based, continuous, and hybrid simulations.