Discrete-Event System Simulation

For junior- and senior-level simulation courses in engineering, business, or computer science.

While most books on simulation focus on particular software tools, Discrete Event System Simulation examines the principles of modeling and analysis that translate to all such tools. This language-independent text explains the basic aspects of the technology, including the proper collection and analysis of data, the use of analytic techniques, verification and validation of models, and designing simulation experiments.

• I Introduction to Discrete-Event System Simulation
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Simulation
• Chapter 2 Simulation Examples
• Chapter 3 General Principles
• Chapter 4 Simulation Software
• II Mathematical and Statistical Models
• Chapter 5 Statistical Models in Simulation
• Chapter 6 Queueing Models
• III Random Numbers
• Chapter 7 Random-Number Generation
• Chapter 8 Random-Variate Generation
• IV Analysis of Simulation Data
• Chapter 9 Input Modeling
• Chapter 10 Verification and Validation of Simulation Models
• Chapter 11 Output Analysis for a Single Model
• Chapter 12 Comparison and Evaluation of Alternative System Designs
• V Applications
• Chapter 13 Simulation of Manufacturing and Material-Handling Systems
• Chapter 14 Simulation of Computer Systems
• Chapter 15 Simulation of Computer Networks

Jerry Banks was a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, after which he worked as senior simulation technology advisor for Brooks Automation; he is currently a professor at Techno´ogico de Monterrey, Mexico. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of twelve books, one set of proceedings, several chapters in texts, and numerous technical papers. He is the editor of the Handbook of Simulation, Getting Started with AutoMod, Introduction to SIMAN V and CINEMA V, Getting Started with GPSS/H, Forecasting and Management of Technology and Principles of Quality Control. He was a founding partner in the simulation-consulting firm Carson/Banks &Associates, Inc., which was purchased by AutoSimulations, Inc. 

John S. Carson II is an independent simulation consultant. Formerly, he held management and consulting positions in the simulation services and software industry, including positions at AutoSimulations and the AutoMod Group at Brooks Automation. He was the co-founder and president of the simulation services firm Carson/Banks &Associates. He has over 30 years experience in simulation in a wide range of application areas, including manufacturing, distribution, warehousing and material handling, order fulfillment systems, postal systems, transportation and rapid transit systems, port operations (container terminals and bulk handling), and health-care systems. He has taught simulation and operations research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Florida.

Barry L. Nelson is the Charles Deering McCormick Professor and Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. His research centres on the design and analysis of computer simulation experiments on models of stochastic systems, concentrating on multivariate input modeling and output analysis, optimisation via simulation and metamodeling. Application areas include financial engineering, computer performance modeling, quality control, manufacturing and transportation systems. He is the Editor in Chief of Naval Research Logistics, a Fellow of INFORMS, and was simulation area editor of Operations Research.

David M. Nicol is professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a long-time contributor in the field of parallel and distributed discrete-event simulations, having written one of the early Ph.D. dissertations on the topic. He has also worked in parallel algorithms, algorithms for mapping workload in parallel architectures, perform