Modeling and Simulation

1. Discrete Event Simulation

1.1. Focus on modeling events

1.1.1. Waiting in line at the bank

1.1.2. Time to recieve order at coffee shop

1.1.3. How adding a cashier would change waiting times

1.2. Software used

1.2.1. Arena

1.2.2. AnyLogic

1.2.3. Flex Sim

1.2.4. SimEvents

2. Agent Based Modeling

2.1. Originally used by Biologist

2.1.1. Modeled animal populations to show movement and growth or species

2.2. Used for modeling the effect of space

2.2.1. How Race might effect movement in a city

2.2.2. The introduction of Predators might effect the vegetation growth in national park

2.3. Focus on modeling interacting individuals as opposed to set of processes

2.4. Realistic in detail and scaling

2.5. Software Used

2.5.1. NetLogo

3. System Dynamic Modeling

3.1. Large scale analysis

3.2. Metaphorical

3.2.1. Transferable insights

3.3. Dragoon