{"product_id":"the-simulation-metamodel-9780792396482","title":"The Simulation Metamodel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Linda Weiser Friedman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Computer Simulation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearchers develop simulation models that emulate real-world situations. While these simulation models are simpler than the real situation, they are still quite complex and time consuming to develop. It is at this point that \u003cem\u003emetamodeling\u003c\/em\u003e can be used to help build a simulation study based on a complex model. A \u003cem\u003emetamodel\u003c\/em\u003e is a simpler, analytical model, auxiliary to the simulation model, which is used to better understand the more complex model, to test hypotheses about it, and provide a framework for improving the simulation study. \u003cbr\u003e The use of metamodels allows the researcher to work with a set of mathematical functions and analytical techniques to test simulations without the costly running and re-running of complex computer programs. In addition, metamodels have other advantages, and as a result they are being used in a variety of ways: model simplification, optimization, model interpretation, generalization to other models of similar systems, efficient sensitivity analysis, and the use of the metamodel's mathematical functions to answer questions about different variables within a simulation study.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45282755084439,"sku":"9780792396482","price":7267.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780792396482.webp?v=1769303086","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-simulation-metamodel-9780792396482","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}