Simulation Modeling and Analysis (McGraw Hill Series in Industrial Engineering and Management Science)

This authoritative, comprehensive and thoroughly revised text is designed for a one term or two quarter course in simulation taught at the senior or graduate level. It is offered in departments of industrial engineering, business, computer science and operations research. New features include an innovative chapter on simulation of manufacturing systems and an up-to-date treatment of simulation software and animation, with definitive coverage of model validation, input probability distribution and analysis of simulation output data.