Hands-On Simulation Modeling with Python - Second Edition

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Introducing Simulation Models

A simulation model is a tool capable of processing information and data and predicting the responses of a real system to certain inputs, providing effective support for analysis, performance evaluation, and decision-making processes. The term simulation refers to reproducing the behavior of a system. In a simulation, we can use a real model, perhaps in scale, or a numerical model, which reproduces reality using a computer. An example of a real model is a scale model of an airplane, which is then placed in a wind tunnel to run simulated tests to estimate suitable performance measures.

Although, over the years, physicists have developed theoretical laws that we can use to obtain information on the performance of ...