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Body of Knowledge for Modeling and Simulation

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Science areas supporting modeling and simulation are overviewed in this chapter of the SCS M&S Body of Knowledge. The areas are systems science and engineering, simulation programs for differential equation solution, key features of frequently used distributions in modeling and simulation, queueing theory, characteristics of queuing systems, and statistical tests of hypotheses.

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  1. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Bernard P. Zeigler

  2. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

    Paul Wach

  3. University of Corsica, Haute-Corse, France

    Laurent Capocchi

  4. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

    Paul Weirich

  5. University of Texas-Permian Basin, Odessa, TX, 79762, USA

    Mohammad S. Obaidat

  6. King Abdullah II School of Information Technology, University of Jordan, Jordan and University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

    Mohammad S. Obaidat

  7. College of Engineering, Al Balqa’ Applied University, Al Salt, Jordan

    Balqies Sadoun

  8. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia

    Claudia Szabo

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Tuncer Ören

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Bernard P. Zeigler

  3. The MITRE Corporation, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    Andreas Tolk

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Zeigler, B.P. et al. (2023). Supporting Science Areas. In: Ören, T., Zeigler, B.P., Tolk, A. (eds) Body of Knowledge for Modeling and Simulation. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11085-6_13

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