A tutorial GENETIK simulation and scheduling

GENETIK is a powerful general-purpose visual interactive modeling system that includes both simulation and scheduling modules. The authors present a detailed description of the GENETIK system and its features, with examples of its use as a DSS generator and a simulation modeling tool, as well as its growing application in the role of planning and scheduling. It is noted that GENETIK provides a visually interactive means of giving analysts a fast, easy and powerful tool for developing customized simulation and scheduling systems. Data, pictures, logic and interactions are the four key requirements in building a GENETIK model. By using simple facilities to handle these four requirements, GENETIK makes it possible to build a model of any type of problem, however complex it is. Answers from a GENETIK simulation or scheduling model make it possible to re-assess what the real problem is or prompt fresh ideas for solving it