Analytical simulation modeling

Simulation modeling methodology research and simulation analysis methodology research have evolved into two nearly separate fields. In this paper, ways are shown how simulation might benefit from modeling and analysis becoming more closely integrated. The thesis of this paper is that simulation analysis and simulation modeling methodologies, considered together, will result in important advancements in both. Some examples demonstrate how dramatically more efficient discrete event simulation models can be designed for specific analytical purposes, which in turn enable more powerful analytical procedures that can exploit the special structures of these models. A series of increasingly difficult analytical problems, and models designed to solve them, are considered: starting with simple performance estimation, and progressing to dynamic multiple moment response surface meta-modeling.