Modelling and Simulation: Exploring Dynamic System Behaviour, Second Edition
- 7h 50m
- Gilbert Arbez, Louis G. Birta
- Springer
- 2013
This textbook presents a practical introduction to the fundamental aspects of modelling and simulation. It provides the necessary foundations both for those wishing to learn about this methodology and also for those who have a need to apply it in their work. Illustrative examples are drawn from projects formulated within the domains of both DEDS and CTDS. Features: presents a project-oriented perspective; describes an activity-based conceptual modelling framework (ABCmod) for DEDS; includes a new chapter that presents a novel world view, the Activity-Object world view, which eases the translation of a conceptual model specification in the ABCmod framework into a simulation program; contains numerous illustrative examples, useful algorithms, exercises and projects; includes a primer on probability, a concise guide to the GPSS programming environment and an overview of relevant MATLAB features in the appendices; provides supplementary software and teaching support material at an associated website.
About the Authors
Louis G. Birta is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa School of Information Technology and Engineering, and Co-Associate Director of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences.
Gilbert Arbez is a Teaching Associate in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.
In this Book
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Introduction
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The Modelling and Simulation Process
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DEDS Stochastic Behaviour and Modelling
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A Conceptual Modelling Framework for DEDS
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DEDS Simulation Model Development
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The Activity-Object World View for DEDS
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Experimentation and Output Analysis
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Modelling of Continuous Time Dynamic Systems
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Simulation with CTDS Models
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Optimization
