DocumentCode :
3272344
Title :
Doing simulation for a living
Author :
Fayez, Mohamed Sam ; Zavagnini, Fabio ; Mollaghasemi, Mansooreh
Author_Institution :
Productivity Apex, Inc., Orlando, FL, USA
fYear :
2011
fDate :
11-14 Dec. 2011
Firstpage :
1476
Lastpage :
1486
Abstract :
For more than half a century, simulation has proven to be a successful companion to decision makers and analysts around the world, with several packages being successfully used by thousands of modelers, our team being one of them. Despite great popularity and success, however, there have been issues and short-comings that may threaten the accuracy and efficiency of the model as a decision-making tool. In this light, working with simulation for a living requires special requirements in order to ensure success. As such, there are several experience-based practices that can reverse the negative effect of these issues and even position simulation at a higher rank among decision-making tools. This shall be a summary of the issues and shortcomings faced by our simulation team throughout the past ten years (2001 - 2011) fol-lowed by a presentation of the team´s best practices, which ultimately lead to a more efficient and stream-lined simulation management tool and methodology.
Keywords :
decision making; decision support systems; digital simulation; decision making tool; experience based practice; streamlined simulation management tool; Analytical models; Buildings; Customer services; Data models; Decision making; Productivity; Software;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2011 Winter
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
ISSN :
0891-7736
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2108-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0891-7736
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2011.6147866
Filename :
6147866
Link To Document :
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