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SirmulaHon

SimulaHn
sinoulion Ps am xperinnent conduchedd an a
model of sone sysfem to callect otonmatfon
O32 the hehayioun of that system
eqEeTvakim countex of a transpo
caxpoNaH on
baxk (ounteS
PnspecHon staion af an assenby Ifne
Qutomabile aSSemby lne
ConnpuLke nekwok

beths in a hanboz

SimulaHon is a pablem suing tecnique whioh

a computex-aided expeaimental approoch
Ho study pacblems that ndt be analy secl
using dise ck and foxmal analutical methods.
Vsid simulalian an analyetcan fotxoduce
the constonts and vaniabes elaked to the
Lnoblem set up the possible couase af acten
and esta bleh citeia ohih
mmeasTPS f eEfeciveness

steps of SfrmulaHom poocess S

the porcble ma
1Tdentify
The sinmulation pooecs Rs used to salye any
pachlenm my ohen the assumptHons
eguised fox analyhical madels ane nat
saHstied.
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2,Tdentify Hhe
decfion vasfables amd decie
thepeofomame cottein cobËechive) :
In the onntest
coomtext of am inventes coootood
situai on the demand lead Hrhe amd safely
stock ase dentHeie d as decision veiables

Constauc-a sinoulakion &

model E
Fox deelapingQ simulaHon mode an intimoto
undenstanding af the elaHonships amama the
elermen of the Sustem beina studiec is
requiaed fox this diaq
diagaam
the model&
4Testing- cmd validaing
Any dation
simlaton mode must epresent the
stem undex study, This xequta
requlher mpnisan
model Lbith the. ackual system called
a valdalion poroess

Detesmine whethex the model is otennally

o a Loai cal amdproqremming sense
agical
catle d octea validét
Dekenmine ahe thex iE epaesents the SLstem
calle d ertenal valdity
undex shhdycalled
shdy
af the expesinent
Destgning
Expeimental design the
Lcnditons of the
3efeos
study, such as
to
comiaatlingvaiabes
the
Lobich nduded

IE the model s deteninis+ic the oth aJl its

paoanetes knoon and cnstant then. ma
sinqle un uoLLl sufFCe.
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7UOS Oousd eneeded
be toaeta aleat
eictuse of the model pefosrnance
She pacbabilistic simulalion i5 do the gandorr
samplinq ahee
obsenoHoo

6.Run the sfmulation model

TO gcl the ecults fn the forn f cpesahna
characheristics un the mncdo

Evalute 8esut f the siulaheo1

close t
The approximaHen oÉ the Teal sustem
he ute
lesses oil cthe need fo adiusting
Also lessex wfll bethe isk tohexent hon
Lapphying ane system

Adyarntaaes nd dis advomtages of siroulaHont

This analyse lasae

s sutable to amalyse azae andbeemple
neal- (ife paoblems obioh casnt
scved by voual qu antita Hve oethode
ghe decisim makex to study the intesochve
Leyste vasiables nd study
eEfeck
cf chanas in
af
these ariable c on the sustem peafoanane
to deegmine the desised one
The samplinq eooT cam be seduced y
the sa mple Si2e os
oEaring
the compute un hine
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to estimate the
SimulaH on allows
peofoxmanee of am exlstina sustem undes
2epxaecedset af
SOme apenaltn colito
Altexn aivepposede system an hebe
désians Cam
+0 check
compared via sioulatHoh to check whch bes
mees C specitfed aequiement.
It alloos to stuy a system oith along.
Hme frome
Cam be anwesed

Disadyantaqer
expensive and take a lng
This modols ane expensie
tfme to develap
IE Ps taial ond- eoox appao ach that May
pooduce diffeent soluliom in repeated runs.
Each simulatim model fe wnique
the simulalion model doec not qenexate
na
tself. The usez has to paovide
amswes
all the
hy
cohstaeint
costaeints a d eomditionsfax
hesoutions they want to examine

Memte Caso simulalion

The nte Canto sfmulali om tedhni ue
inctved conduain Mepelitive expeniments c
Ghe mo de|of the sustem undex study
known paob abil?y distoibul lon to daaw
Kandom samples wsinq andom humbe 5

system cam mot be descobed by a

standad probabilitsdistibuon suth as
momal, Pofssemexpnentaqamma, etea the
an empical poeb. dstoibuttty cam be constucted