Simulation: pushing a dead mouse through a maze?

  • Authors:

  • John A. White

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

  • Venue:
  • WSC '87 Proceedings of the 19th conference on Winter simulation
  • Year:
  • 1987

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Abstract

Simulation has been defined in various ways, depending upon the particular biases of the definer. As an example, simulation has been defined, albeit facetiously, as “pushing a dead mouse through a maze”. The definition is examined in the paper. Special emphasis is given to the recent changes that have occurred in user acceptance and consideration is given to trends in the field. The need for increased accessibility to simulation is the primary focus of the paper.