Modelling and Simulation: Exploring Dynamic System Behaviour 2019 Edition Contributor(s): Birta, Louis G. (Author), Arbez, Gilbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 303018868X ISBN-13: 9783030188689 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Computers | Computer Simulation - Computers | Computer Graphics - Mathematics | Applied |
Dewey: 003.3 |
Series: Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications |
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.14 lbs) 551 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Modelling and simulation provides invaluable support for the design and evaluation of dynamic systems, offering multi-faceted tools that are unconstrained by discipline boundaries. This fully updated and expanded new edition of Modelling and Simulation 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 discrete-event dynamic systems and continuous-time dynamic systems. Topics and features: presents a project-oriented (i.e., goal-based) perspective on modelling and simulation; describes an updated novel activity based conceptual modelling framework (the ABCmod framework) for discrete-event dynamic systems; 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 and useful algorithms, in addition to exercises and projects at the end of most chapters; 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, including lecture slides and a methodology for organizing student projects. Students at the senior undergraduate or junior graduate level will find this hands-on textbook/reference to be an essential guide to the fundamentals of modelling and simulation. It is also ideally suited for self-study by professionals seeking insight into the vast potential of this rapidly evolving problem-solving paradigm. |