Course material prepared by A.Törn in the Autumn 1999 for a course on Simulation Modeling at the Computer Science Department of Åbo Akademi University and TUCS Turku, Finland. The course is based on the books listed in the Abstract.

© A. Törn. Must not be reproduced verbatim or by editing, or used for giving a course without permission from the author.

PART 1: Generalities
PART 2: Simulation Net Modeling
PART 3: Simulation Languages

PART 1: Generalities

1. Introduction
   1. What is Simulation?
      • Definitions
      • An Example
   2. Monte Carlo
      • The Bufon Needle Problem
   3. Simulation
2. Monte Carlo Modeling
   • Quadrature
   • Optimization
3. Simulation Model Design
   • Methodology
   • Causes of Simulation Failure

4. Modeling with Petri Nets
   • How to Model a System
   • Modeling with Petri Nets
   • A Modeling Case Study
   • The Petri Net Graph
   • The Petri Net Structure
   • Petri Net Analysis
   • Petri Net Execution
5. Modeling with Simulation Nets
   • Queues and Inhibitor Arcs
   • Other Primitives
   • Hierarchical Modeling
   • Petri Nets with Time
   • Vending Machine Revisited
6. SimNet, a Simulation Net Tool (43-54 in folder)
7. Some Modeling Examples

8. Simula
   • Introduction
   • Procedures
   • Object Declarations and Objects
9. Class simulation
   • Class simset
   • Class process
   • Class simulation
   • From Simulation Nets to Simula simulation
10. SIMNEX, Fist Version of SimNet
11. Car Wash Simulation
12. GPSS
    • The One-arrival Singel-server Example
    • A Student Book Store Example