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Inside discrete-event simulation software: how it works and why it matters

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Thomas J. Schriber,

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WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation

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Published: 03 December 2006 Publication History

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This paper provides simulation practitioners and consumers with a grounding in how discrete-event simulation software works. Topics include discrete-event systems; entities, resources, control elements and operations; simulation runs; entity states; entity lists; and entity-list management. The implementation of these generic ideas in AutoMod, SLX, and Extend is described. The paper concludes with several examples of "why it matters" for modelers to know how their simulation software works, including coverage of SIMAN (Arena), ProModel, and GPSS/H as well as the other three tools.

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WSC '06: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation

December 2006

2429 pages

ISBN:1424405017

Editors:
L. Felipe Perrone
Bucknell University
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Barry G. Lawson
University of Richmond
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Jason Liu
Colorado School of Mines
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Frederick P. Wieland
Sensis Corporation
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General Chair:
David Nicol
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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Program Chair:
Richard Fujimoto
College of Computing, Georgia Tech

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Schruben L(2010)Simulation modeling for analysisACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation10.1145/1667072.166707420:1(1-22)Online publication date: 8-Feb-2010
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Peschlow PMartini PGlynn P(2007)A discrete-event simulation tool for the analysis of simultaneous eventsProceedings of the 2nd international conference on Performance evaluation methodologies and tools10.5555/1345263.1345281(1-10)Online publication date: 22-Oct-2007
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