Simulation

Presented by:
Bulbul Sharma
Tanvi Gupta
Contents

 Simulation-meaning
 Steps in simulation process
 Advantages
 Disadvantages
 Comparison of simulation
system with programming
languages
Simulation-Meaning
 Simulation is a process of designing
a model of real system

 conducting experiments with this

model

 purpose of understanding the

behavior for the operation of the
system.
 System:
Collection of entities, ex- people and
the machines that act and interact
towards the accomplishment.

 State:
Collection of variables necessary to
describe a system at a particular
time relative to the objective of study.

-System can be discrete and

continuous.
 Steps in Simulation Process
 Formulate the problem and plan the study

- problem of interest is stated by manager

- meeting conducted
-overall objective of study and other issues
discussed
-time frame for the study and required
resources
 Collect the data and define the model
-collect information on the system layout
and operating procedures
-Is the conceptual model valid?

 Construct a computer programs and

Verify
-in programming languages( c++ or
FORTRAN
-Simulation software (WITNESS, STELLA)
 Make Pilot Run

 Is the Programmed Model Valid

 Design experiments

 Make production run

 Analyze output data.

 Document, present and use result

Advantages
 Estimates the performance of
existing system
 Maintain much better control
 Allows to study a system with long
time frame
 Useful for sensitivity analyses
 Used as pre-test to try new policies
and decision rule
Disadvantages
 Some simulation may take longer
period of time to develop
 Produce different result in repeated
run
 Does not generate optimal solution
 User has to provide all constraint
Simulation packages Vs. programming
languages

 Provide most of the features

 Result significant decrease in time
and production cost
 Provide natural framework for
simulation modeling
 Easier to modify and maintain
 Detection of error and automatically
checked
Advantage of programming
languages over Simulation software

 Most modelers already know

programming languages but not
simulation software
 require less execution time
 Greater flexibility
 User friendly
 Cost should be low