BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Simulation
- the construction of a mathematical model to imitate the behavior of a real-world situation or system in order to test the outcomes of alternative courses of action. Simulation was used in a military context by the Chinese as many as 5,000 years ago and has applications in the fields of science, research and development, economics, and business systems. The use of simulation has become more widespread since the development of computers in the 1950s, which facilitated the manipulation of large quantities of data and made it possible to model more complex systems. Simulation techniques are used in situations where real-life experimentation would be impossible, costly, or dangerous, and for training purposes.
Wiktionary Definition for: Simulation
- Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.''
- Ex: ''This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.''
- Ex: ''The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.''
- The process of simulating.
- Ex: ''Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.''
Additional Resources
- The Role of Process Simulation and Scheduling Tools in the Development and Manufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceutical manufacturers generally employ either organic synthesis or biotechnology. Each of these technologies has unique challenges, but batch process simulation and scheduling tools can facilitate process development in both. Batch process simulation is distinct from both traditional chemical process simulation and dynamic simulation and is uniquely suited to pharmaceutical processes....
- White papers 2004-11-11
- Supply Chain Simulation Tools And Techniques: A Survey
- The main contribution of this paper is twofold: it surveys different types of simulation for supply chain management; and it discusses several methodological issues. These different types of simulation are spreadsheet simulation, system dynamics, discrete-event simulation and business games. Which simulation type should be applied, depends on the type of...
- White papers 2005-03-04
- Modeling & Simulation in Business Process Management
- Simulation is a tool for managing change. Practitioners in business process management know the critical importance of carefully leading organizations and people from old to new ways of doing business, and simulation is one way to accelerate change. This capability derives largely from the ability of simulation to bring clarity...
- White papers 2003-10-31
- Designing Simulation Projects
- Simulation projects provide a useful way to tie together the expected learning outcomes in a simulation class. Designing a good project is a challenging task and simulation instructors are always on the lookout for interesting ideas. This paper provides simulation instructors with two interesting simulation applications, a supply chain project...
- White papers 2003-10-31
- Criteria For The Evaluation Of Business Process Simulation Tools
- This paper focuses on a process of simulation software packages selection in the context of business process change projects. The paper presents discrete event simulation, its relation to business process modelling and examples of its practical applications in business process change projects. Features of business process simulation tools are examined,...
- White papers 2007-04-10
- Who's who at NASA: Tom Alderete, chief, Simulation Planning Office, flight simulation laboratories, Ames Research Center
- Tom Alderete is chief of the Simulation Planning Office at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. The office performs simulation development, outreach, and customer contact for the Flight Simulation Laboratories' simulation facilities. NASA Teh Brief: What are the Flight Simulation Laboratories? Tom Alderete: The laboratories consist of three...
- Research articles 2003-02-01
- Medical Simulation: "See one, do one, teach one...just not on my Mom"
- Part One: Why simulation should be a priority. Key words: Medical education, medical simulation, communication skills, crisis resource management Background This manuscript is part-one of a three-part series on Medical Simulation. Part-one will address the "why" of Simulation, namely, why Medical Simulation offers novel opportunities to...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Simulation In The Warehouse
- "This white paper is intended as an introduction to the technology of computer simulation for Senior management in the logistics, distribution and warehousing industries. It outlines Capabilities and potentials at several levels and may also be of use to sales and marketing Personnel. Hardware and software requirements...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Introduction To Simulation
- Simulations study the interaction of random variables in a business process over time — how many customers might walk in the door at any moment, the return on an upcoming advertising campaign, the chance of your information system going down — and use the results to improve business policies. This...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Ensuring A Successful Simulation Modeling Project
- Many think that having strong technical skills would be the key to ensuring a successful simulation project. Although one could not succeed in a simulation project without these skills, experience shows there are many other factors crucial to success that don't directly involve the construction of the model. The primary...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An Integrated Simulation Method to Support Virtual Factory Engineering
- This paper presents a structure and architecture of an integrated simulation method ISM to meet the requirements of virtual factory engineering VFE. Combining CAD, VR and discrete event simulation techniques, the ISM provides static and dynamic simulation functions for implementation of VFE throughout the lifecycle. The dynamic simulation enables us...
- White papers 2003-02-14
- On the Use of Fuzzy Clustering in Construction Simulation
- This paper presents a methodology that integrates fuzzy clustering and computer simulation and demonstrates its use in modeling earthmoving operations. A simulation system SimEarth was developed to model earthmoving operations utilizing object-oriented features and discrete event simulation. Fuzzy clustering is used to provide realistic estimates of haulers' travel time so...
- White papers 2001-11-14
- Ontologies for Supply Chain Simulation Modeling
- Simulation might be an effective decision support tool in supply chain management. The review of supply chain simulation modeling methodologies revealed some issues one of which is the practicability of simulation in the supply chain environment. The supply chain environment is dynamic, information intensive, geographically dispersed, and heterogeneous. In order...
- White papers 2005-11-08
- Distributed Supply Chain Simulation Using a Generic Job Running Framework
- For supply chain performance simulation that involves aggregating results from multiple runs of the same underlying model, simulation iterations can be distributed to networked computing resources to achieve significant speedup. This paper presents a generic distributed job running framework that facilitates such high performance supply chain simulation. The paper first...
- White papers 2003-10-31
- Non-Item Based Discrete-Event Simulation Tools
- Discrete event simulation has traditionally been defined by items or entities. This modeling paradigm has served the simulation industry well, but falls far short for many industries in which the parts / pieces mindset simply does not accurately portray their particular processes. For the last ten years Simulation Dynamics has...
- White papers 2002-11-15
- From Simulation to Gaming: An Object-Oriented Supply Chain Training Library
- The development of web-enabled interactive training simulations is far from easy, especially when all models have to be developed from scratch for each training game. Actually, one would like to be able to reuse parts of existing, off-line simulation models in an interactive setting. The challenge is how to set-up...
- White papers 2005-11-08
- Advanced simulation: saves time, headaches.(ESI Group introduces ProCast 2006 foundry simulation software)
- Finite-element simulation is critical to cost-reducing efforts in metalcasting, and to shortening lead times for mold development while improving the yield and quality of the casting process. And, regular improvements in simulation software makes mod Finite-element simulation is critical to cost-reducing efforts in metalcasting, and...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Synthesis/simulation suites a must for EDA. (Synopsys acquires Zycad Corp's full-VHSIC Hardware Description Language simulation business)
- Synthesis/simulation suites a must for EDA Watch for niche suppliers of simulation or synthesis tools to follow the lead of broadline CAE companies and continue to acquire either the software elements or underlying technologies needed to offer design Synthesis/simulation suites a must for EDA Watch for...
- Research articles 1990-10-04
- Analog simulation package offers enhanced convergence and large library. (Software Review) (AccuSim from Mentor Graphics) (product announcement)
- Analog simulation package offers enhanced convergence and large library AccuSim, an analog simulation package, provides enhanced convergence performance that lets you concentrate on circuit design rather than on how to make the simulation converge. Analog simulation package offers enhanced convergence and large library...
- Research articles 1989-07-20
- ATC Sim--costs and benefits: following on from the 'Real-Time ATC Simulation' article in our September issue, Nancy Dorighi of the NASA Ames Research Center looks at the costs and unique benefits of Real-time Airport Simulation'.
- In 'Real-Time ATC Simulation' published in Airports International September 2003, we described the S fundamental requirements for large-scale air traffic control tower simulation. A review of the key components indicates...
- Research articles 2003-11-01
