Simulating business processes for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics / Andrew Greasley.

This book outlines the benefits and limitations of simulation, what is involved in setting up a simulation capability in an organization, the steps involved in developing a simulation model and how to ensure model results are implemented. In addition, detailed example applications are provided to sh...

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Main Author: Greasley, Andrew (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Boston, Mass.?] : De G Press, [2019]
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Physical Description:x, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- part 1: Understanding simulation and analytics. Analytics and simulation basics -- Simulation and business processes -- Build the conceptual model -- Build the simulation -- Use simulation for descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics -- part 2: Simulation case studies. Case study: a simulation of a police call center -- Case study: A simulation of a "Last Mile" logistics system -- Case Study: A simulation of an enterprise resource planning system -- Case study: A simulation of a snacks process production system -- Case study: A simulation of a police arrest process -- Case study: A simulation of a food retail distribution network -- Case study: A simulation of a proposed textile plant -- Case study: A simulation of a road traffic accident process -- Case study: A simulation of a rail carriage maintenance depot -- Case study: A simulation of a rail vehicle bogie production facility -- Case study: A simulation of advanced service provision -- Case study: Generating simulation analytics with process mining -- Chapter 18. Case study: Using simulation with data envelopment analysis -- Case study: Agent-based modeling in discrete-event simulation -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index. 
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