Enjoy learning a key technology. Undergraduates and beginning
graduates in both first and second simulation courses have
responded positively to the approach taken in this text, which
illustrates simulation principles using the popular Simio
product.
This economy version substitutes grayscale interior graphics to
keep costs low for students.
Content:
This textbook explains how to use simulation to make better
business decisions in application domains from healthcare to
mining, heavy manufacturing to supply chains, and everything in
between. It is written to help both technical and non-technical
users better understand the concepts and usefulness of simulation.
It can be used in a classroom environment or in support of
independent study. Modern software makes simulation more useful and
accessible than ever and this book illustrates simulation concepts
with Simio, a leader in simulation software.
Author Statement:
This book can serve as the primary text in first and second
courses in simulation at both the undergraduate and
beginning-graduate levels. It is written in an accessible
tutorial-style writing approach centered on specific examples
rather than general concepts, and covers a variety of applications
including an international flavor. Our experience has shown that
these characteristics make the text easier to read and absorb, as
well as appealing to students from many different cultural and
applications backgrounds.
A first simulation course would probably cover Chapter 1 through
8 thoroughly, and likely Chapters 9 and 10, particularly for upper
class or graduate level students. For a second simulation course,
it might work to skip or quickly review Chapters 1-3 and 6,
thoroughly cover all other chapters up to Chapter 10, and use
Chapter 11 as reinforcing assignments.
The text or components of it could also support a simulation
module of a few weeks within a larger survey course in programs
without a stand-alone simulation course (e.g., MBA). For a
simulation module that's part of a larger survey course, we
recommend concentrating on Chapters 1, 4, and 5, and then perhaps
lightly touch on Chapters 7 and 8.
The extensibility introduced in Chapter 10 could provide some
interesting project work for a graduate student with some
programming background, as it could be easily linked to other
research topics. Likewise Appendix A could be used as the lead-in
to some advanced study or research in the latest techniques in
simulation-based planning and scheduling.
Supplemental course material is also available on-line.
Third Edition:
The new third edition adds sections on Randomness in Simulation,
Model Debugging, and Monte Carlo simulation. In addition, the
coverage of animation, input analysis and output analysis has been
significantly expanded. There is a new appendix on simulation-based
scheduling, end-of-chapter problems have been improved and
expanded, and we have incorporated many reader suggestions. We have
reorganized the material for improved flow, and have updates
throughout the book for many of the new Simio features recently
added. A new format better supports our e-book users, and a new
publisher supports significant cost reduction for our readers.
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