Discrete-event system simulation /
Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicol.
- Fifth edition, new international edition.
- 560 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Pearson custom library .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to simulation -- Simulation examples in a Spreadsheet -- General principles -- Simulation software -- Statistical models in simulation -- Queueing models -- Random-number generation -- Random-variate generation -- Input modeling -- Verification, calibration, and validation of simulation models -- Estimation of absolute performance -- Estimation of relative performance -- Simulation of manufacturing and material-handling systems.