JERRY BANKS is a professor in the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has taught simulation at the university level and in short courses for many years. He is a frequent author on the topic and a longtime consultant in the area.

• Preface ixContributors xiPart I Principles1. Principles of Simulation 3by Jerry Banks2.  Principles of Simulation Modeling 31by A Alan B. PritskerPart II Methodology3. Input Data Analysis 55by Stephen Vincent4. Random Number Generation 93by Pierre L'Ecuyer5. Random Variate Generation 139by Russell C. H. Cheng6. Experimental Design for Sensitivity Analysis, Optimization, and Validation of Simulation Models 173by Jack P. C. Kleijnen7. Output Data Analysis 225by Christos Alexopoulos and Andrew F. Seila8. Comparing Systems via Simulation 273by David Goldsman and Barry L. Nelson9. Simulation Optimization 307by Sigrún Andradóuir10. Verification, Validation, and Testing 335by Osman BalciPart III Recent Advances11.Object-Oriented Simulation 397by Jeffrey A. Joines and Stephen D. Roberts12.Parallel and Distributed Simulation 429by Richard M. Fujimoto13.On-Line Simulation: Need and Evolving Research Requirements 465by Wayne J. DavisPart IV Application Areas14.Simulation of Manufacturing and Material Handling Systems 519by Matthew W. Rohrer15.Simulation in the Automobile lndustry 547by Onur Ulgen and Ali Gunal16.Simulation of Logistics and Transportation Systems 571by Mani S. Manivannan17.Simulation of Healthcare 605by Frank McGuire18.Simulation of Service Systems 629by Ron Laughery, Beth Plott, and Shelly Scott-Nash19.Military Simulation 645by Keebom Kang and Ronald J. Roland20.Discrete-Event Simulation of Computer and CommunicationSystems 659by Alfred Hartmann and Herb Schwetman21.Simulation and Scheduling 677by Ali S. KiranPart V Practice Of Simulation22.Guidelines for Success 721by Kenneth J. Musselman23.Managing the Simulation Project 745by Van Norman and Jerry Banks24.How Discrete-Event Simulation Software Works 765by Thomas J. Schriber and Daniel T Brunner25.Software for Simulation 813by Jerry BanksIndex 837