Discrete-event simulation is alive and kicking
Discrete-event simulation is alive and kicking
At the 2010 OR Society Simulation Workshop, there was a lively panel discussion entitled ‘Discrete-event simulation is dead, long live agent-based simulation!’, which was subsequently written up as a position paper for the Journal of Simulation (Siebers et al, 2010). This paper continues that discussion and, to quote Mark Twain, argues that rumours of the death of discrete-event simulation (DES) are greatly exaggerated. There has undoubtedly been a recent surge of interest within the mainstream OR community in the use of agent-based modelling, but this paper suggests that many of the cited benefits of agent-based simulation (ABS) can be achieved through the use of a traditional DES approach. These arguments are illustrated by several examples where DES has been used successfully to tackle ‘ABS-type’ problems.
Brailsford, S.C.
634585ff-c828-46ca-b33d-7ac017dda04f
9 August 2013
Brailsford, S.C.
634585ff-c828-46ca-b33d-7ac017dda04f
Brailsford, S.C.
(2013)
Discrete-event simulation is alive and kicking.
Journal of Simulation.
(doi:10.1057/jos.2013.13).
Abstract
At the 2010 OR Society Simulation Workshop, there was a lively panel discussion entitled ‘Discrete-event simulation is dead, long live agent-based simulation!’, which was subsequently written up as a position paper for the Journal of Simulation (Siebers et al, 2010). This paper continues that discussion and, to quote Mark Twain, argues that rumours of the death of discrete-event simulation (DES) are greatly exaggerated. There has undoubtedly been a recent surge of interest within the mainstream OR community in the use of agent-based modelling, but this paper suggests that many of the cited benefits of agent-based simulation (ABS) can be achieved through the use of a traditional DES approach. These arguments are illustrated by several examples where DES has been used successfully to tackle ‘ABS-type’ problems.
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Published date: 9 August 2013
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Centre of Excellence for International Banking, Finance & Accounting
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/358861
ISSN: 1747-7778
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