Conceptual modeling for composition of model-based complex systems

Conceptual Modeling for Discrete-Event Simulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 355-382

  Tolk, Andreas ^a   Diallo, Saikou Y ^b   King, Robert D ^b   Turnitsa, Charles D ^b   Padilla, Jose J ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951630564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439810385     Document Type: Chapter

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