Discrete Event System Simulation is ideal for junior- and senior-level simulation courses in engineering, business, or computer science. It is also a useful reference for professionals in operations research, management science, industrial engineering, and information 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. It offers an up-to-date treatment of simulation of manufacturing and material handling systems, computer systems, and computer networks. Students and instructors will find a variety of resources at the associated website, www.bcnn.net/, including simulation source code for download, additional exercises and solutions, web links and errata.

Discrete-Event System Simulation

Engineering & Transportation

Banks, Jerry

CARSON, JOHN

Nelson, Barry

Nicol, David

Engineering

Pearson

How have modern democracies squared their commitment to equality with their fear that disparities in talent and intelligence might be natural, persistent, and consequential? In this wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuries, John Carson tells the fascinating story of how two nations wrestled scientifically with human inequalities and their social and political implications.
 Surveying a broad array of political tracts, philosophical treatises, scientific works, and journalistic writings, Carson chronicles the gradual embrace of the IQ version of intelligence in the United States, while in France, the birthplace of the modern intelligence test, expert judgment was consistently prized above such quantitative measures. He also reveals the crucial role that determinations of, and contests over, merit have played in both societies--they have helped to organize educational systems, justify racial hierarchies, classify army recruits, and direct individuals onto particular educational and career paths.
 A contribution to both the history of science and intellectual history, The Measure of Merit illuminates the shadow languages of inequality that have haunted the American and French republics since their inceptions.

The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750–1940

History

Americas

Princeton University Press

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

John Carson is a Londoner who has lived in Weston-super-Mare for most of the past 40 years. In the mid-1980's, he began collecting earthenwares produced by "The Bristol Pottery", which was the factory associated with the name "Pountney" for much of its long history. As his knowledge of the Pottery increased, he became conscious of the many gaps that existed in the published information available, particularly in regard to the actual wares produced. Consequently, he saw a need for a comprehensive publication covering the whole period from the time creamware succeeded delftware at Temple Back in the late eighteenth century until the Pottery's last years in Cornwall in the 1970's. The results of his researches are now brought together in this book.

Bristol Pottery 1784 - 1972

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Authors OnLine Ltd.

The badly decomposed body of a young woman is found in the old nuclear bunker in Corstorphine Hill, where there is ongoing work being done to turn it into a museum. In her pockets are found items belonging to Becky McIver, a woman who went missing six years ago.Back then, Gus McIver was arrested and charged with his wife's murder. He maintained his innocence, and despite Becky's body never being found, McIver was sentenced to life in prison. No trace of Becky has ever been found. Until now.Miller looks into the bunker victim's background while McIver once again raises the question of his innocence. What was the dead woman doing in the bunker? How did she come to possess Becky McIver's belongings?Miller follows a trail that will lead him down some dark alleys, uncovering a truth that somebody wanted kept hidden. But it's a truth that will shock everybody.Some secrets are never meant to see the light of day, especially the one revealing what really happened to Becky McIver...

TIME OF DEATH (DI Frank Miller Series)

Literature & Fiction

Independently published

A killer on the rampage. A detective standing in his way...As a winter storm covers the city, the frozen corpse of a female is found inside a pile of snow outside Hector Mann's house. There's no identity on her, but Hector recognises her. She's a woman from his past.DCI Harry McNeil is called in with his team to start the investigation but right from the start, things don't add up. Does Mann know more than he's letting on?DCI Jimmy Dunbar is sent through from Glasgow to join the investigation. They have a cold case murder from two years ago very similar to this one. Coincidence, or more? What is the connection between that murder and this one?Harry is brought in for questioning by his old department, Professional Standards. His ex-girlfriend is being stalked and she's pointing the finger at Harry. Suddenly things are not looking good for him.Harry not only needs to track down a vicious serial killer but somebody who is intent on bringing him to his knees.Can he catch a killer before his life is not only turned upside down, but ended? As time is running out, Harry is racing against the clock to stop one of the most frightening and lethal killers he's ever dealt with.

DEAD BEFORE YOU DIE: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

** DISCLAIMER - previously published as GOD COMPLEX. This novel has been re-written and re-branded to feature Harry McNeil as the main protagonist. It has been re-edited and God Complex will no longer be available on or around Dec 26 2019 when it finishes its run on KDP. If you have read God Complex please DO NOT buy this book. It is essentially the same, with editorial revisions.A woman is found in a local cemetery, crushed to death under a gravestone. A production company is there, filming the remake of a classic sci-fi TV show in the grounds, making the investigation more difficult for DCI Harry McNeil.It's his first day in charge of the cold case unit in Edinburgh. After spending four years in Professional Standards, he has little choice but to take the promotion. The Crown Office decides which cold cases should be reviewed, and this time, they've decided the murder of a teenage girl from twenty years ago should be re-opened. A girl who was murdered by somebody pushing a gravestone on top of her...The case gets more complicated when they find out who the latest victim is. Suddenly there are no shortage of suspects.As the filming continues, so does the killing. And McNeil wonders, has a killer been murdering for twenty years? Or is this case completely unconnected? With Frank Miller's help, he's going to find out...the hard way...

RETURN TO EVIL: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

A horrific murder. A stunning abduction. Can he open an old case to prevent another grisly death?
Edinburgh DCI Harry McNeil isn’t easily intimidated. But after years investigating crooked cops, a promotion heading up a Major Investigation Team will put his reputation on the line. And he’s starting to sweat when the daughter of a rich and powerful family vanishes from the honeymoon suite in a Scottish Highlands castle…
Searching alongside officers from two other divisions, pushes McNeil to his breaking point when the investigation uncovers a charred corpse dressed in a wedding gown. Fearing the missing bride will suffer the same gruesome fate, the detective follows a fifteen-year long trail of clues littered with vengeance, false identities, and a tragic murder-suicide.
Can McNeil bring the butcher to justice before the celebration turns into a mass funeral?
STICKS AND STONES is the enthralling first book in the DCI Harry McNeil Scottish crime thriller series. If you like hardened detectives, witty dialogue, and twisted mysteries, then you’ll love John Carson’s gripping novel.
Buy STICKS AND STONES to douse a killer’s deadly match today!

STICKS AND STONES (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

<h2>It looked like a simple murder case. But the victim's false identity is just the beginning...</h2> Edinburgh DCI Harry McNeil's dangerous job wasn't made for relationships. So when a female officer's mutilated remains wash up in a canal, it feels like proof he was right to leave his long-time girlfriend. But the investigation takes an unexpected turn when he discovers the corpse was carrying a police ID belonging to a cop already dead and buried. Digging deeper, McNeil learns the woman was actually a software engineer nosing around high-tech, classified projects and poking into murky government corners. So when a second body surfaces, he fears the truth lies in the darkest corners of greed and corruption. And someone is determined to make certain those secrets never come to light... Can McNeil catch the killer before the deadly tables are turned on him? BACK TO LIFE is the second book in the gritty DCI Harry McNeil Scottish crime thriller series. If you like hardboiled detectives, dark humor, and snappy banter, then you'll love John Carson's unputdownable tale. <h2>Buy BACK TO LIFE to decode a treacherous conspiracy today!</h2>

BACK TO LIFE: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

Broken Bones

Boldwood Books Ltd

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Discrete-Event System Simulation

The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750–1940

The Measure of Merit: Talents, Intelligence, and Inequality in the French and American Republics, 1750–1940

Bristol Pottery 1784 - 1972

TIME OF DEATH (DI Frank Miller Series)

DEAD BEFORE YOU DIE: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

RETURN TO EVIL: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

STICKS AND STONES (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

BACK TO LIFE: A Scottish Crime Thriller (A DCI Harry McNeil Crime Thriller)

Broken Bones