Managing simulation projects
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This tutorial presents a framework for decision making about simulations before committing resources. The viewpoint is that of a manager who must decide whether to solve a problem by simulation or by some other means. A decision-analysis type model is introduced to allow the manager to determine the minimum cost method of simulation within the operating and policy constraints of his organization. Two case examples using the methodology are presented.
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- AIIE: AIIE
- ORSA: Operations Research Society of America
- SCS: Society for Computer Simulation
- TIMS
- SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
- IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Published: 01 January 1978
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