Chapter 5
Elements of Discrete Simulation
5.1 Concept of Events in Simulation
In systems terminology, the purpose of simulation modeling is to collect statistics that can be used to infer the performance characteristics of a system. As discussed in Section 3.2, changes in the system state do not occur on a continuous basis in discrete event simulation. Rather, changes occur as the result of what are called primary events. For example, in a single queue system, the state of the waiting line will increase by one when a customer arrives at the ...
