Table of Contents

Part I: Fundamentals.- Introduction.- The Modelling and Simulation Process.- Part II: DEDS Modelling and Simulation.- DEDS Stochastic Behaviour and Modelling.- A Conceptual Modelling Framework for DEDS.- DEDS Simulation Model Development.- The Activity-Object World View for DEDS.- Experimentation and Output Analysis.- Part III: CTDS Modelling and Simulation.- Modelling of Continuous Time Dynamic Systems.- Simulation with CTDS Models.- Optimization.- Probability Primer.-GPSS Primer.- MATLAB Primer.

About the Author

Louis G. Birta is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa School of Information Technology and Engineering, and Co-Associate Director of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences.

Gilbert Arbez is a Teaching Associate in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada.