Information About Selecting Simulation Software

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A One Day Meeting on Simulation Software: Present and Future, Simulation Study Group/Operations Research Society, (June 24, 1998)
Recent articles by Jerry Banks and Randall R. Gibson published in IIE Solutions
Presentation: "Simulation Software and its Selection" (.Z compressed, powerpoint)
by Jerry Banks/Automsimulations Inc.
"Issues in Education: Modeling Software & the MBA OR/MS Courses" . by Matthew J. Liberatore and Robert L. Nydick, OR/MS Today, August 1998
"Issue in Education: Software Decisions" OR/MS Online Edition, October 1996, Vol. 23, No. 5, by Wayne L. Winston)
"Simulation Software Selection Using SimSelect," by Vlatka Hlupic, SIMULATION, Vol. 69, No. 4, pp. 231-239.
"Writing a Discrete Event Simulation: Ten Easy Lessons " {by Michael Altman/U Minnesota}
"Writing a Simple Simulation" {by M. A. PollatschekTechnion University}
"Discrete-Event Simulation Software: What the Users Want," Vlatka Hlupic, SIMULATION, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp 362-370.
"An Example of a Discrete-Event Simulation on a Spreadsheet," by Andrew Greasley, SIMULATION, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 148-166.
"A Taxonomy of Simulation Software," by Kurt Schmucker, Apple Computer Inc.
"A Taxonomy of Decision Support Systems," author S. Alter, Sloan Management Review, Fall 1997, pp. 37-56.
Fishwick, P.A. "Web-Based Simulation: Some Personal Observations," Winter Simulation Conference, 1996, pp. 772-779.
""An Overview of Object-Oriented Simulation," Chell A. Roberts and Yasser M. Dessouky, SIMULATION, Vol. 70, No. 6, pp 359-368.
Buss, A.H. and Stork, K.A. "Discrete Event Simulation on the World Wide Web Using Java," Winter Simulation Conference, 1996, pp. 780-785.
"An Object-Based Architecture for Developing Interactive Simulations Using Java,"
S. Narayanan, Nicole L. Schneider, Chetan Patel, Todd M. Carrico, John DiPasquale, SIMULATION, Vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 153-171.
"by Andrew Seiler, Xuewei Xiang, and Michael Watson, IEEE Potentials, February/March 2000, pp. 16-19.
"Standards for Simulation: As Simple As Possible But Not Simpler: The High Level Architecture For Simulation," by Judith S. Dahmann, Frederick Kuhl, and Richard Weatherly; SIMULATION, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp 378-387.
by Michael Borowski and Priscilla Glasow, MTR 98W0000062, The MITRE Corporation, June 1998.
" ," (many authors) IEEE Computer Magazine, May 2000, pp. 59-67.
"Simulation Tools Speed Design, Debug, and Verification," by Peter Varhol, Electronic Design, November 6, 2000, pp. 93- 102.
SimTools, Version 2.7
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WARNINGS ABOUT SIMULATION SOFTWARE CHECKLISTS

Before referring to a simulation software checklist, the following articles are required reading!

"Interpreting Simulation Software Checklists"
by Jerry Banks/Autosimulations Inc., OR/MS Today, June 1996, pp. 74-78.
"Selecting Simulation Software"
by Jerry Banks and Randall R. Gibson, IIE Solutions, May 1997, pp. 30-32.
"Semantics of Simulation Software"
by Jerry Banks/Autosimualtions Inc., OR/MS Today, December 1995, pp. 38-40.
"Imagine New Worlds" by James Swain, OR/MS Today, February 1996.
"Maximizing the Simulation Output: A Competition," by Jack P.C. Kleijnen and Özge Pala, SIMULATION, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp 168-173.
"Output Analysis Capabilities of Simulation Software"
by Jerry Banks/Autosimulations Inc., SIMULATION, January 1996, pp. 23-30.

SIMULATION SOFTWARE CHECKLISTS
IIE Solutions, May 2000, pp. 55 - 64.
IIE Solutions, May 1999, pp. 52- 59.
"1999 Simulation Software Survey," INFORMS OR/MS Today, February 1999, pages 42-51.
ORMS Today Software Surveys (Statistical Analysis, Linear Programming, Decision Analysis, Nonlinear Programming, Vehicle Routing, Linear Programming, Spreadsheet Add-ins)
"Software for Simulation" in Chapter 25 of Handbook of Simulation: Principles, Methodology, Advances, Applications, and Practice. by Jerry Banks editor, Wiley & Sons, 1998, pp. 813-835. ISBN # 0-471-13403-1
Simulation Encyclopedia (Stanislaw Raczynski)
A Survey of Web-Based Simulation
"" (many authors) SIMULATION, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp 170-186.
Directory of Simulation Software,Society for Computer Simulation (SCS), 1993.
A Collection of Modelling and Simulation Resources on the Internet {Andrea Rizzoli}
M. A. Pollatschek Checklist{Technion University}
McLeod Institute (SCS) Simulation Software List
The Consummate Design Center's (TCDC) Simulation Product Rating List(dated circa 1996)
Survey of Web-based Simulation
comp-simulation-software-FAQ

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