A life cycle for modeling and simulation

SIMULATION

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 870-883

  Balci, Osman ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development processes; life cycle; quality assurance; simulation model development; validation; verification; workflows

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY OF INTEREST; COMPLEX MODELING; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; PROJECT MANAGERS; SIMULATION MODEL; VALIDATION; WORK PRODUCTS; WORK-FLOWS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERS; MANAGERS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; VERIFICATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84863505203     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549712438469     Document Type: Article

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