Article ID: | iaor20053359 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 3 |
Issue: | 3 |
Publication Date: | May 2002 |
Journal: | INFORMS Transactions on Education |
Authors: | McClain John O., Conway Richard W. |
Keywords: | education in OR |
Although the software tools to develop simulation models have improved dramatically, relatively little has been written about how to most effectively exercise those models. This paper provides warnings and suggestions to improve simulation studies. Although based primarily on the authors' experience with discrete-event models in manufacturing situations, many of their observations are more widely applicable.