The purpose of a modelling and simulation (M&S) study for real-world operations
management applications is to support decision-making and inform potential action …

Hybrid Simulation comes in many shapes and forms. It has been argued by many
researchers that Hybrid Simulation (HS) provides more and better insights into the real-life …

With the current surge of simulation studies in archaeology, there is a growing concern for
the lack of engagement and feedback between modelers and domain specialists. To …

Modern enterprises aim to achieve their business goals while operating in a competitive and
dynamic environment. This requires that these enterprises need be efficient, adaptive and …

The current level of theoretical, methodological, and pragmatic knowledge related to a multi-
method modeling and simulation (M&S) approach is limited as there are no clearly identified …

As part of the requirement analysis, challenges were defined for the formalization of
hypotheses. Yet, it seems that these requirements are insufficiently met in practice. With …

In simulation studies, the goal specifies the objective or purpose of the study and thus drives
the entire experimentation process. Relevant experiments and respective experiment …

This chapter of the SCS M&S Body of Knowledge summarizes philosophical foundations
that are only partially addressed in other chapters in a constrained manner. It starts with a …

Computer simulation has evolved to a standard means for planning, analyzing, and
optimizing complex systems. Yet, a twofold usage can be observed: as a tool for generating …

The scientific community is aware of the experimenter's regress: a research bias that occurs
when the researcher unconsciously affects results, data, or participants in an experiment …