Validation of Simulation Models, I. An Overview and Survey of Real-World Practice.

Abstract

The problem of assessing the degree to which a model constructed for use in a simulation study faithfully represents the corresponding real system is considered. The focus here is to survey general approaches and methods which have been used in practice, or could be implemented, including good programming techniques, verifying that the program itself is correct, overall goals of the validation of a model, and a general framework for the total validation effort. Several concrete examples are discussed to illustrate the methods as well as possible pitfalls. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078535

Entities

People

  • Averill M. Law

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Field Tests
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Logistics Management
  • Models
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Statistical Tests
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Validation

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).