Remember: Simulation is FUN
if you use an appropriate software tool
What Simulation and Modeling are 
Where to look for more information
PSM++ Simulation System - a low cost solution
Simulation Course
Slides, auxiliary material for teachers
Some articles - stock market modeling, trip to the future
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Uncertainty in dynamic systems
Modeling
and computer
simulation
are important interdisciplinary tools.
Recall that modeling means to find relations between systems and models.
Models are abstractions of real or imaginary worlds we create to understand
their behavior, play with them ("what if" experiments), make projections,
animate or simply have fun.
Computer simulation is the process of implementing models
on computers. To do this, you must have an appropriate simulation
tool.
Go back
Modeling and simulation tools
Forty or fifty years ago, a simulationist had to be a mathematician and a programmer.
Now, a good simulation software should do the task as simple as possible. What the simulationist
must understand is the structure and the dynamics of the modeled system, and the aim of all the
simulation task. The rest (mathematics and coding) should be done by the software.
It is not an easy task to select a good software tool. Looking at the Directory of Simulati on Software, edited by the Society for Computer Simulation ( SCS ), you can see more than 130 languages and packages, and this is only what the SCS considers as most relevant in the field. The package prices oscillate between 25 and several thousand dollar and hardly reflect the real value of the software. But what exactly mean the terms like simulation, modeling, discrete events, queuing models, continuous and combined simulation, bond graphs, signal flow graphs, ODE, and hundreds of other terms? To learn this, consult my Simulation Encyclopedia
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The phrase "Simulation is FUN" belongs to Dr.Ralph Huntsinger, past president of The Society for Computer Simulation
