Introduction to discrete-event simulation

Authors:
Jerry Banks;John S. Carson, II
Affiliations:
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA;Carson/Banks & Associates, 4279 Roswell Road, Suite 604-173, Atlanta, GA
Venue:
WSC '86 Proceedings of the 18th conference on Winter simulation
Year:
1986

Citing 6
Cited 2

Analysis of manufacturing systems by the Research Queueing Package

IBM Journal of Research and Development - The MIT Press scientific computation series
SIMSCRIPT II.5 tutorial

WSC '85 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Winter simulation
SLAM II: a tutorial

WSC '85 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Winter simulation
Introduction to SIMAN

WSC '85 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Winter simulation
MAP/1 tutorial

WSC '85 Proceedings of the 17th conference on Winter simulation
Application of GPSS Five to Discrete System Simulation

Application of GPSS Five to Discrete System Simulation

Evolution of a supply chain management game for the trading agent competition

AI Communications
Programming using dynamic system modeling VIA a 3D-based multimodeling framework

WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

In this article, we introduce the reader to discrete-event simulation. The concepts of system and model, system state, entities, attributes and delays are defined in the general context of simulation. Using these concepts, event-scheduling, process-interaction, and activity-scanning perspectives are briefly described. To demonstrate the use of the concepts, a discrete system is modeled using the event-scheduling perspective. Simulation languages are classified in terms of the type of system being modeled, the application level, and the perspective taken. The features of a simulation language are discussed. Lastly, basic information is provided about an assortment of discrete-event simulation languages.