Document Type

Working Paper

Date

1998

Keywords

simulation models, simulation model verification, simulation model validation, simulation model development

Language

English

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Description/Abstract

This paper discusses verification and validation of simulation models. The different approaches to deciding model validity are presented; how model verification and validation relate to the model development process are discussed; various validation techniques are defined; conceptual model validity, model verification, operational validity, and data validity are described; ways to document results are given; and a recommended procedure is presented.

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