TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raczynski,Stanislaw
TI  - Modeling and simulation: the computer science of illusion 
SN  -  9780470030172
U1  - 003.3  22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ, Baldock, Hertfordshire
PB  - Wiley, Research Studies Press
KW  - Computer simulation
KW  - Mathematical models
N1  - Contents;

Chapter 1 Basic concepts and tools
1.1 Modelling and stimulation : what is it ?
1.2 Validity, credibility, tractability and verification
1.3 Systems state and casual systems
1.4 Classification of dynamical systems 
1.5 Discrete and continuous simulation 
Etc

Chapter 2: Continuous simulation
2.1 Introduction 
2.2 Ordinary differential equations and models of concentrated paparmeter systems
2.3 Continuous simulation with analog computers
2.4 Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations (ODE)
2.5 Signal flow graphs
etc

Chapter 3: Discrete and combined simulation- examples of passion implementation
3.1 Are discrete model valid?
3.2 The discrete time and discrete events 
3.3 Queuing model generator QMG
3.4 Complex system simulator of PASION system

Chapter : Differential inclusions in modelling and simulation 
4.1 Differential inclusions
4.2 Possible applications
4.3 Differential inclusion solver (DIS)
4.4 Application in uncertainty treatment
4.5 Uncertain future and differential inclusions 
etc

Chapter 5 : Fluid dynamics- simulation oscillation gas flow
5.1 Computational fluid dynamics
5.2 Numerical problems
5.3 The simulation tool
5.4 Examples
5.5 Oscillating gas flow
etc

Chapter 6 : Simulating phenomena of general relativity
6.1 Some basic concepts
6.2 The simulation tool and model time 
6.3 Simulation experiments

Chapter 7 : Interaction between hostile hierarchical structures: simulation of the struggles between terrorists and anti-terrorist organisations
7.1 Introduction 
7.2 The model 
7.3 Structures 
7.4 The  tool and the model implementation
7.5 Simulation experiments
7.6 Conclusions

Chapter 8 : On a metrics structure in the space of dynamic system models
8.1 DEVS
8.2 Definitions
8.3 Distance between models
8.4 Examples 
8.5 Conclusions

Chapter 9: Simulation optimisation: A case study of a parallel optimisation algorithm 
9.1 Introduction 
9.2 Problem statement
9.3 Simulation experiment
9.4 Conclusion
;  References : p. 211-220 . _ Index : p. 221-222
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