Title :
Seven pitfalls in modeling and simulation research
Author :
Uhrmacher, Adelinde M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Abstract :
Modeling and simulation is applied in many disciplines. While its multidisciplinarity is part of its fascination, its ubiquity also holds some dangers. Being not aware about these dangers might imply that resources are wasted, (PhD-) projects fail, and the overall progress of modeling and simulation is needlessly slowed down. Seven of these pitfalls are identified and tentative recommendations are made on how these pitfalls can be avoided.
Keywords :
discrete event simulation; discrete event systems; modeling and simulation; pitfalls; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Data models; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Semantics; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2012 Winter
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4779-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0891-7736
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2012.6465321
