Guide to simulation-based disciplines : advancing our computational future

✍ Scribed by Durak, Umut; Mittal, Saurabh; Ören, Tuncer I

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Series: Simulation foundations methods and applications
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This invaluable text/reference reviews the state of the art in simulation-based approaches across a wide range of different disciplines, and provides evidence of using simulation-based approaches to advance these disciplines. Highlighting the benefits that simulation can bring to any field, the volume presents case studies by the leading experts from such diverse domains as the life sciences, engineering, architecture, arts, and social sciences. Topics and features: Includes review questions at the end of every chapter Provides a broad overview of the evolution of the concept of simulation, stressing its importance across numerous sectors and disciplines Addresses the role of simulation in engineering design, and emphasizes the benefits of integrating simulation into the systems engineering paradigm Explains the relation of simulation with Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, and describes a simulation infrastructure for complex adaptive systems Investigates how simulation is used in the Software Design Life Cycle to assess complex solutions, and examines the use of simulation in architectural design Reviews the function and purpose of simulation within the context of the scientific method, and its contribution to healthcare and health education training Discusses the position of simulation in research in the social sciences, and describes the simulation of service systems for simulation-based enterprise management Describes the role of simulation in learning and education, as well as in in military training With its near-exhaustive coverage of disciplines, this comprehensive collection is essential reading for all researchers, practitioners and students seeking insights into the use of various modeling paradigms and the need for robust simulation infrastructure to advance their field into a computational future. Read more...

Abstract: This invaluable text/reference reviews the state of the art in simulation-based approaches across a wide range of different disciplines, and provides evidence of using simulation-based approaches to advance these disciplines. Highlighting the benefits that simulation can bring to any field, the volume presents case studies by the leading experts from such diverse domains as the life sciences, engineering, architecture, arts, and social sciences. Topics and features: Includes review questions at the end of every chapter Provides a broad overview of the evolution of the concept of simulation, stressing its importance across numerous sectors and disciplines Addresses the role of simulation in engineering design, and emphasizes the benefits of integrating simulation into the systems engineering paradigm Explains the relation of simulation with Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things, and describes a simulation infrastructure for complex adaptive systems Investigates how simulation is used in the Software Design Life Cycle to assess complex solutions, and examines the use of simulation in architectural design Reviews the function and purpose of simulation within the context of the scientific method, and its contribution to healthcare and health education training Discusses the position of simulation in research in the social sciences, and describes the simulation of service systems for simulation-based enterprise management Describes the role of simulation in learning and education, as well as in in military training With its near-exhaustive coverage of disciplines, this comprehensive collection is essential reading for all researchers, practitioners and students seeking insights into the use of various modeling paradigms and the need for robust simulation infrastructure to advance their field into a computational future

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
The Evolution of Simulation and Its Contribution to Many Disciplines (Tuncer Ören, Saurabh Mittal, Umut Durak)....Pages 3-24
Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Technology Landscape (Ernest H. Page)....Pages 25-35
Front Matter ....Pages 37-37
Simulation-Based Engineering (Melih Cakmakci, Gullu Kiziltas Sendur, Umut Durak)....Pages 39-73
Simulation-Based Systems Engineering (Andreas Tolk, Christopher G. Glazner, Robert Pitsko)....Pages 75-102
Simulation-Based Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things (Bo Hu Li, Lin Zhang, Tan Li, Ting Yu Lin, Jin Cui)....Pages 103-126
Simulation-Based Complex Adaptive Systems (Saurabh Mittal, José L. Risco-Martín)....Pages 127-150
Simulation-Based Software Engineering (Oryal Tanir)....Pages 151-166
Simulation-Based Architectural Design (Rhys Goldstein, Azam Khan)....Pages 167-182
Front Matter ....Pages 183-183
Simulation-Based Science (Levent Yilmaz)....Pages 185-208
Systems Design, Modeling, and Simulation in Medicine (Hannes Prescher, Allan J. Hamilton, Jerzy W. Rozenblit)....Pages 209-234
Front Matter ....Pages 235-235
Flipping Coins and Coding Turtles (David C. Earnest, Erika Frydenlund)....Pages 237-259
Simulation-Based Enterprise Management (Gregory Zacharewicz, Amir Pirayesh-Neghab, Marco Seregni, Yves Ducq, Guy Doumeingts)....Pages 261-289
Front Matter ....Pages 291-291
Simulation-Based Learning and Education (Tuncer Ören, Charles Turnitsa, Saurabh Mittal, Saikou Y. Diallo)....Pages 293-314
Simulation-Based Military Training (Agostino G. Bruzzone, Marina Massei)....Pages 315-361
Back Matter ....Pages 363-370

✦ Subjects

Simulation methods;SCIENCE -- System Theory;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research