System Simulation

Written By : Geoffrey Gordon
Publisher By : Prentice Hall
Geoffrey Gordon's highly successful SYSTEM SIMULATION now has been updated to include the latest changes in this field while keeping its excellent coverage of fundamental concepts and applications. Both continuous and discrete simulation are treated in depth here, with examples in three programming languages—CSMP III, SIMSCRIPT II.5, AND GPSS V. The book's illustrative problems come from a wide diversity of realistic situations in engineering, economics, business, medicine, biology, and socio-economics. Major changes in this second edition include expanded discussion of socio-economic simulation and reduced treatment of topics no longer considered vital. No prior knowledge of any particular programming language is assumed; SYSTEM SIMULATION introduces appropriate languages as needed. The basic concepts of statistics and probability theory are reviewed in detail, and the latest techniques for analyzing system simulation results are presented. Chapters are devoted to the concept of system models, system studies, system simulation methods, continuous system simulation, system dynamics, probability concepts in simulation, arrival patterns and service times, discrete system simulation, an introduction to GPSS programming language, examples employing GPSS, an introduction to SIMSCRIPT programming language, management of sets in SIMSCRIPT, simulation programming techniques, and the analysis of simulation output.