Event tree analysis and Monte Carlo-based discrete event simulation have been used in risk assessment studies for many … method uses a recursive algorithm to solve the object model and identify all possible scenarios and their associated … inference based on Monte Carlo observations (as required by some discrete event simulation methods). Thus, OBEST is not only …

address the need for a simulation software architecture in the style of an agent-based approach, but with sufficient … used to implement simulation models of societal processes such as the complex interplay of participating individuals and …

Modern computers make possible a new blending of systems, man, and cybernetics in the detailed simulation of large …: What kinds of questions does the simulation address and what kinds of solutions does it provide? How can the solutions be … validated? Is simulation more cost-effective than other methods? Answers to these questions lead us to define a useful …