Discrete-event simulation: An inquiry into user practice

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 451-471

  Hollocks, Brian W ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Discrete event simulation software; Simulation experimentation; Simulation methodology; Steady state systems

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; USER INTERFACES;

DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0035868120     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4869(01)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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