Principles of simulation model validation, verification, and testing

Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Balci, Osman ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility assessment of simulation studies; Model testing; Model validation; Model verification; Principles of model testing; Simulation quality assurance

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CREDIBILITY ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0031095624     PISSN: 07406797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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