Inside simulation software: how it works and why it matters

  • Authors:
  • Thomas J. Schriber;Daniel T. Brunner

  • Affiliations:
  • Computer and Information Systems, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;Systernflow Simulations, Inc., 6366 Guilford Avenue, Suite 310, Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Venue:
  • WSC '95 Proceedings of the 27th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1995

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Abstract

This paper provides beginning and intermediate simulation practitioners and interested simulation consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discrete-event systems and modeling; entities and resources; simulation runs; entity states; entity lists; and list management. The implementation of these generic ideas in SIMAN, ProModel, and GPSS/H is described. The paper concludes with several examples of "why it matters" for modelers to know in fine detail how their simulation software works.