Harrell, Charles 1950- creator Ghosh, Biman K. Bowden, Royce. text bibliography mau Boston McGraw-Hill/Higher Education c2004 2004 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xviii, 733 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + Pt. I. Study Chapters -- 1. Introduction to Simulation -- 2. System Dynamics -- 3. Simulation Basics -- 4. Discrete-Event Simulation -- 5. Getting Started -- 6. Data Collection and Analysis -- 7. Model Building -- 8. Model Verification and Validation -- 9. Simulation Output Analysis -- 10. Comparing Systems -- 11. Simulation Optimization -- 12. Modeling Manufacturing Systems -- 13. Modeling Material Handling Systems -- 14. Modeling Service Systems -- Pt. II. Labs -- 1. Introduction to ProModel 6.0 -- 2. ProModel World View, Menu, and Tutorial -- 3. Running a ProModel Simulation -- 4. Building Your First Model -- 5. ProModel's Output Module -- 6. Fitting Statistical Distributions to Input Data -- 7. Basic Modeling Concepts -- 8. Model Verification and Validation -- 9. Simulation Output Analysis -- 10. Comparing Alternative Systems -- 11. Simulation Optimization with SimRunner -- 12. Intermediate Modeling Concepts -- 13. Material Handling Concepts -- 14. Additional Modeling Concepts -- Pt. III. Case Study Assignments -- Case 1. Toy Airplane Manufacturing -- Case 2. Mi Cazuela - Mexican Restaurant -- Case 3. Jai Hind Cycles Inc. Plans New Production Facility -- Case 4. The FSB Coin System -- Case 5. Automated Warehousing at Athletic Shoe Company -- Case 6. Concentrate Line at Florida Citrus Company -- Case 7. Balancing the Production Line at Southern California Door Company -- Case 8. Material Handling at California Steel Industries, Inc -- App. A. Common Continuous and Discrete Distributions -- App. B. Critical Values for Student's t Distribution and Standard Normal Distribution -- App. C. F Distribution for [alpha] = 0.05 -- App. D. Critical Values for Chi-Square Distribution. Charles Harrell, Biman K. Ghosh, Royce Bowden. Includes bibliographical references and index. System requirements: Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, or XP. Computer simulation QA76.9.C65 H355 003/.35369 0072919809 (alk. paper) 007248263X 2003010420 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003010420.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003010420.html DLC 030506 20210414114050.0 4270116