Random number generators: good ones are hard to find
Communications of the ACM
A comparison of selected conceptual frameworks for simulation modeling
WSC '89 Proceedings of the 21st conference on Winter simulation
Numerical recipes in C (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
Numerical recipes in C (2nd ed.): the art of scientific computing
The implementation of four conceptual frameworks for simulation modeling in high-level languages
WSC '88 Proceedings of the 20th conference on Winter simulation
A methodology for certification of modeling and simulation applications
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation
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We present a model to explain the effects of the long time between blood stem cell divisions and rapid cascades of progenitor cell divisions on the mitochondrial DNA drift. We allow four stochastic events in the system namely, mtDNA replication and degradation, cell division and death. To implement the conceptual model, we design two simulation models; one for a limited number of stem cells (20,000) over very long time scale (100 years) and another for the cell divisions of a progenitor cell resulting in a large number of blood cells (~10 million) over a shorter time span (25 days). Iterative enhancement with incremental builds constitutes the modeling methodology. We adopt the activity scanning conceptual framework for the model implementation. Initial transient and memory issues are resolved. By output data analysis, we conclude that the variation in mutation level occurs significantly due to time and less so due to cell divisions.