Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Modelling and Simulation

Exploring Dynamic System Behaviour

  • Textbook
  • © 2007

Overview

Authors:
  1. Louis G. Birta

    1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Gilbert Arbez

    1. School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Only textbook to give a balanced and integrated presentation of modelling and simulation activity for both Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (DEDS) and Continuous Time Dynamic Systems (CTDS)
  • A project-oriented approach for developing the modelling and simulation methodology
  • Novel and contemporary approach to the stages of a modelling and simulation project
  • Comprehensive coverage of verification and validation
  • OpenDesire and GPSS via authors' website

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVII
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Introduction

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 3-19

    3. The Modelling and Simulation Process

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 21-58

  3. DEDS Modelling and Simulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVII
      Download chapter PDF

    2. DEDS Stochastic Behaviour and Data Modelling

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 61-95

    3. A Conceptual Modelling Framework for DEDS

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 95-150

    4. DEDS Simulation Model Development

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 151-213

    5. Experimentation and Output Analysis

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 215-246

  4. CTDS Modelling and Simulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages I-XVII
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Modelling of Continuous-Time Dynamic Systems

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 249-273

    3. Simulation with CTDS Models

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 275-312

    4. Optimisation

      • Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez
      Pages 313-334

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 335-454
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Overview Modelling and simulation is a tool that provides support for the planning, design, and evaluation of systems as well as the evaluation of strategies for system transformation and change. Its importance continues to grow at a remarkable rate, in part because its application is not constrained by discipline boundaries. This growth is also the consequence of the opportunities provided by the ever-widening availability of significant computing resources and the expanding pool of human skill that can effectively harness this computational power. However, the effective use of any tool and especially a multifaceted tool such as modelling and simulation involves a learning curve. This book addresses some of the challenges that lie on the path that ascends that curve. Consistent with good design practice, the development of this textbook began with several clearly defined objectives. Perhaps the most fundamental was the intent that the final product provide a practical (i.e., useful) introduction to the main facets of a typical modelling and simulation project. This objective was, furthermore, to include projects emerging from both the discrete-event and the continuous-time domains. In addition, the work was not to evolve into a treatise on any particular software tool, nor was it to be overly biased towards the statistical notions that play a key role in handling projects from the discrete-event domain.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"An approachable, general, yet nontrivial introduction to the broad field of modeling and simulation. … Birta and Arbez have created a well-rounded, general introduction to a very difficult field to enter. The text fills a clear gap in the resources available for introducing this field. The holistic, neutral treatment of a wide variety of topics provides an alternative to the typical modeling and simulation survey course. … Appropriate for an upper-division undergraduate course leading to a concentration in modeling and simulation. It would be equally well suited as a first course in modeling and simulation at the graduate level. … The authors have succeeded in creating a broad, balanced perspective of the modeling and simulation discipline. Readers will gain a refreshingly unified understanding of how simulation springs from conceptual models and context." (Thom Mclean, ACM Computing Reviews, December, 2007)

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Information Technology and Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

    Louis G. Birta, Gilbert Arbez

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation