06288nam 2200829 450 991013913590332120220112144643.01-118-76274-61-118-76275-41-118-76276-2(CKB)2550000001272987(EBL)1666485(SSID)ssj0001181329(PQKBManifestationID)11794367(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181329(PQKBWorkID)11143195(PQKB)10926848(DLC) 2014004914(Au-PeEL)EBL1666485(CaPaEBR)ebr10860998(CaONFJC)MIL595114(OCoLC)869920891(CaSebORM)9781118762752(MiAaPQ)EBC1666485(PPN)189355352(EXLCZ)99255000000127298720140502h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiscrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making /editors, Sally Brailsford, Leonid Churilov, Brian Dangerfield ; Steffen Bayer [and twenty one others], contributors1st editionChichester, England :Wiley,2014.©20141 online resource (362 p.)Wiley Series in Operations Research and Management ScienceDescription based upon print version of record.1-118-34902-4 1-306-63863-1 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics for Management Decision Making; Contents; Preface; List of contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 How this book came about; 1.2 The editors; 1.3 Navigating the book; References; 2 Discrete-event simulation: A primer; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 An example of a discrete-event simulation: Modelling a hospital theatres process; 2.3 The technical perspective: How DES works; 2.3.1 Time handling in DES; 2.3.2 Random sampling in DES; 2.4 The philosophical perspective: The DES worldview; 2.5 Software for DES; 2.6 Conclusion; References3 Systems thinking and system dynamics: A primer3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Systems thinking; 3.2.1 'Behaviour over time' graphs; 3.2.2 Archetypes; 3.2.3 Principles of influence (or causal loop) diagrams; 3.2.4 From diagrams to behaviour; 3.3 System dynamics; 3.3.1 Principles of stock-.ow diagramming; 3.3.2 Model purpose and model conceptualisation; 3.3.3 Adding auxiliaries, parameters and information links to the spinal stock-flow structure; 3.3.4 Equation writing and dimensional checking; 3.4 Some further important issues in SD modelling; 3.4.1 Use of soft variables; 3.4.2 Co-flows3.4.3 Delays and smoothing functions3.4.4 Model validation; 3.4.5 Optimisation of SD models; 3.4.6 The role of data in SD models; 3.5 Further reading; References; 4 Combining problem structuring methods with simulation: The philosophical and practical challenges; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 What are problem structuring methods?; 4.3 Multiparadigm multimethodology in management science; 4.3.1 Paradigm incommensurability; 4.3.2 Cultural difficulties; 4.3.3 Cognitive difficulties; 4.3.4 Practical problems; 4.4 Relevant projects and case studies; 4.5 The case study: Evaluating intermediate care4.5.1 The problem situation4.5.2 Soft systems methodology; 4.5.3 Discrete-event simulation modelling; 4.5.4 Multimethodology; 4.6 Discussion; 4.6.1 The multiparadigm multimethodology position and strategy; 4.6.2 The cultural difficulties; 4.6.3 The cognitive difficulties; 4.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Philosophical positioning of discrete-event simulation and system dynamics as management science tools for process systems: A critical realist perspective; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Ontological and epistemological assumptions of CR; 5.2.1 The stratified CR ontology5.2.2 The abductive mode of reasoning5.3 Process system modelling with SD and DES through the prism of CR scientific positioning; 5.3.1 Lifecycle perspective on SD and DES methods; 5.4 Process system modelling with SD and DES: Trends in and implications for MS; 5.5 Summary and conclusions; References; 6 Theoretical comparison of discrete-event simulation and system dynamics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 System dynamics; 6.3 Discrete-event simulation; 6.4 Summary: The basic differences; 6.5 Example: Modelling emergency care in Nottingham; 6.5.1 Background; 6.5.2 The ECOD project6.5.3 Choice of modelling approach"In recent years, there has been a growing debate, particularly in the UK and Europe, over the merits of using discrete-event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD); there are now instances where both methodologies were employed on the same problem. This book details each method, comparing each in terms of both theory and their application to various problem situations. It also provides a seamless treatment of various topics--theory, philosophy, detailed mechanics, practical implementation--providing a systematic treatment of the methodologies of DES and SD, which previously have been treated separately. "--Provided by publisher."Explores the integration of discrete-event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD), providing comparisons of each methodology"--Provided by publisher.Wiley series in operations research and management science.Discrete-time systemsSimulation methodsSystem analysisDecision makingManagement scienceDiscrete-time systemsSimulation methods.System analysis.Decision making.Management science.658.4/0352TEC029000bisacshBrailsford SallyChurilov LeonidDangerfield Brian ThornleyBayer SteffenMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910139135903321Discrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making2127674UNINA03119nam 2200673 450 991078964270332120210311111955.01-350-21891-X1-78032-107-41-283-23858-697866132385801-84813-522-X10.5040/9781350218918(CKB)2670000000113593(OCoLC)756844226(CaPaEBR)ebrary10500241(SSID)ssj0000528212(PQKBManifestationID)12149519(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000528212(PQKBWorkID)10549358(PQKB)11397897(MiAaPQ)EBC765173(Au-PeEL)EBL765173(CaPaEBR)ebr10500241(CaONFJC)MIL323858(OCoLC)748242107(CaBNVSL)9781350218918(EXLCZ)99267000000011359320210311e20212021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrCatastrophe what went wrong in Zimbabwe? /Richard BourneLondon, England :Zed Books,©2011.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (322 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-84813-521-1 1-84813-520-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-290) and index.Prologue : two birthdays -- Conquest -- White supremacy and the settler state -- From UDI to Lancaster House -- ZANU in power : the 1980s -- When the wheels began to fall off : the 1990s -- Disaster years and the third chimurenga -- From Operation Murambatsvina to an inclusive government -- How did it go wrong?"No one in 1980 could have guessed that Zimbabwe would become a failed state on such a monumental and tragic scale. In this incisive and revealing book, Richard Bourne shows how a country that had every prospect of success when it achieved independence became a brutal police state less than thirty years later, plagued by hyperinflation and collapsing life expectancy and abandoned by a third of its citizens. Beginning with the British conquest and covering events up to the present precarious political situation, Catastrophe is the most comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe. Bourne shows that Zimbabwe's tragedy is not just about Mugabe's 'evil' but about history, Africa today and the world's attitudes towards it."--Page [4] of book cover.Politics & governmentbicsscZimbabwePolitics and government1980-ZimbabwePolitics and government20th centuryZimbabweEconomic policyZimbabweEconomic conditionsPolitics & government968.91051Bourne Richard1940-1086927NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910789642703321Catastrophe3732010UNINA