Business Dynamics
Computer Simulation in Management Science
Computer Simulation in Management Science
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Simulation: The Practice of Model Development and Use
Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management)
Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw-Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management)
Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures
Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures
Improving drilling operations management using combined simulation
AMERICAN-MATH'12/CEA'12 Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS international conference on Computer Engineering and Applications, and Proceedings of the 2012 American conference on Applied Mathematics
Combined simulation for improving operations in LNG logistics
AMERICAN-MATH'12/CEA'12 Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS international conference on Computer Engineering and Applications, and Proceedings of the 2012 American conference on Applied Mathematics
A beginner's guide to systems simulation in immunology
ICARIS'12 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Artificial Immune Systems
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
An experimental design and preliminary results for a cultural training system simulation
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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This paper provides an empirical study on the comparison of model building in Discrete-Event Simulation (DES) and System Dynamics (SD). Verbal Protocol Analysis (VPA) is used to study the model building process of ten expert modellers (5 SD and 5 DES). Participants are asked to build a simulation model based on a prison population case study and to think aloud while modelling. The generated verbal protocols are divided into 7 modelling topics: problem structuring, conceptual modelling, data inputs, model coding, validation & verification, results & experimentation and implementation and then analyzed. Our results suggest that all modellers switch between modelling topics, however DES modellers follow a more linear progression compared to SD modellers. DES modellers focus significantly more on model coding and verification & validation, whereas SD modellers on conceptual modelling. This quantitative analysis of the processes followed by expert modellers contributes towards the comparison of DES and SD modelling.