Modern simulation and modeling

CONVENTIONAL SIMULATION. Systems, Models, and Simulation. Random Numbers, Variates, and Stochastic Process Generation. Output Analysis of Discrete-Event Systems via Simulation. Variance Reduction Techniques. MODERN SIMULATION. Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Discrete-Event Static Systems (DESS). Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems: Distributed Parameters. Sensitivity of Analysis of Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems: Structural Parameters. Response Surface Methodology via the Score Function Method. Estimating Rare-Event Probabilities and Related Optimization Issues. Index.