Discrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making

• Other Authors: Brailsford, Sally (Editor), Churilov, Leonid (Editor), Dangerfield, Brian (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, c2014
• Series: Wiley series in operations research and management science
• Subjects: modelování a simulace; teorie systémů; diskrétní dynamické systémy; systémová analýza; operační výzkum; rozhodování; modeling and simulation; system theory; discrete dynamical systems; system analysis; operations research; decision making; monografie; monographs
• ISBN: 9781118349021
• Physical Description: xviii, 342 s. : il. ; 24 cm

"In recent years, there has been a growing debate, particularly in the UK and Europe, over the merits of using discrete-event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD); there are now instances where both methodologies were employed on the same problem. This book details each method, comparing e...