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Simulation and Modelling

Notes Answers: Self Assessment

1. heterogeneity 2. composing
3. CM and DM 4. potential
5. Simulation 6. performance
7. interactively 8. network
9. dynamic 10. natality
11. modeling 12. ACSL
13. ODEs.Newton's 2nd law 14. panacea
15. closed-form

13.7 Further Readings

Books Balci, O.,(1994), Validation, verification, and testing techniques throughout the
life cycle of a simulation study, Annals of Operations Research, 53: 121–173.
Balci, O., (2001), A methodology for certification of modeling and simulation
applications, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 11: 352–
377.
Birta, L.G. and Ozmizrak, N.F., (1996), A knowledge-based approach for the
validation of simulation models: The foundation, ACM Transactions on Modeling
and Computer Simulation, 6: 67–98.
Boehm, B.W., (1979), Software engineering: R&D trends and defense needs, in: P.
Wegner (Ed.), Research Directions in Software Technology, MIT Press, and
Cambridge, MA.

Cellier, F.E., (1986), Combined discrete/continuous system simulation –
application, techniques and tools, in Proceedings of the 1986 Winter Simulation
Conference.
Department of Defense (DoD) Recommended Practices Guide (RPG) for Modeling
and Simulation VV&A, Millennium Edition (available at http://vva.dmso.mil).

General Accounting Office, (1976), Report to the Congress: Ways to improve
management of federally funded computerized models, report LCD-75-111, U.S.
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
General Accounting Office, (1979), Guidelines for model evaluation, report PAD-
79-17, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.

General Accounting Office, (1987), DOD simulations: Improved assessment
procedures would increase the credibility of results, report GAO/PEMD-88-3,
U.S. General Accounting Office, and Washington, DC.
Ören, T.I., (1981), Concepts and criteria to access acceptability of simulation studies,
Communications of the ACM, 24: 180–189.

Online links http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Continuous_Simulation_Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_language

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