The Simulator: New Member of the Simulation Family

Jerry Banks, Eduardo Aviles, James R. McLaughlin and Robert C. Yuan
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Jerry Banks: School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Eduardo Aviles: Myers-Holum, Inc., Suite 820 North, 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Marietta, Georgia 30067
James R. McLaughlin: School of industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Robert C. Yuan: LifeScan, Incorporated, 1051 South Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas, California 95035

Interfaces, 1991, vol. 21, issue 2, 76-86

Abstract: A simulator is a parameter-driven simulation that requires no programming. When appropriate, the simulator models a process quite rapidly. Since the early '80s, software companies have introduced many simulators for manufacturing; they use parameters to describe the model and allow many features. We examined four of the many simulators available, and their features indicate the types of considerations involved in selecting software.

Keywords: simulation; computers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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