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COMPUTER SIMULATION
MODELING
AN INTRODUCTION
SIMULATION AN INTRODUCTION.
Model
Description/Representation of a system.
System: A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.
In physical sciences models are developed based on laws,
theories, and principles.
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Types of models.
Iconic models Scaled physical objects. (a.k.a physical)
Visual models Graphical representations (diagrams).
Abstract models Mathematical equations.
Narrative models Written or spoken
Hybrid models A combination of all or a few of the above.
SIMULATION AN INTRODUCTION.
Simulation.
Imitation of a real-life process or a phenomenon.
(phenomenon plural is phenomena)
Computer simulation.
Process of designing a model (such as a mathematicallogical model) of a real-system and experimenting with
this model on a computer.
WHY SIMULATION?.
Real life problems / phenomena may be difficult,
spontaneous,
instantaneous,
time-consuming,
expensive, risky/hazardous, etc.
Simulating such phenomena is safe, cheaper, quick
and helpful in many ways.
Examples.
Study of Sun or other stars/planets. Warfare plans and exercise.
Atomic structure, chemical reactions, nuclear experiments, missile experiments,
biological experiments.
Floods, earthquakes, disasters.
Security operations, security plans.
Business processes and planning, office planning, customer management.
Training of expensive or hazardous or risky equipment.
Industrial exploration/experimentation, etc. etc.
Prototype development.
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SIMULATION MODELS.
Types of Simulation Models.
Deterministic.
e.g. S = v.t
Probabilistic (Stochastic).
e.g. rainfall, warfare, etc.
Static (time independent) simulation.
e.g. estimating , area, volume, and other scalars.
Dynamic (time dependent) simulation.
e.g. waiting queues at banks, offices, shops, etc.
e.g. rate of something: electrons, cells, virus, etc.
Syllabus Outline.
Phase I: Elementary statistics and probability.
Samples, populations, events, central tendency, discrete random
variables, continuous random variables.
Probability distributions and functions.
Popular distributions: uniform, triangular, exponential, Poisson, normal,
erlang, gamma, etc.
Statistical inference and estimation.
Markovian processes and chains.