The Big Book of Simulation Modeling: Multimethod Modeling with AnyLogic 6

This is a practical guide to building simulation models. It explains how to choose the right constructs of the modeling language to create a representation of a real world system that is suitable for risk-free dynamic experiments. And this is the only book that comprehensively presents all three methods, or paradigms, in simulation modeling: Agent Based, System Dynamics, and Discrete Event.

The book is based on the modeling languages supported by AnyLogic, the software that enables a modeler to utilize all three methods and to combine them in a single model. Written by the creator of the software, this book is the most in-depth information resource on AnyLogic and multi-method modeling that currently exists. It covers topics from building simple Agent Based models with state charts, to designing interactive 3D animations, to developing data exchange with external programs.

With over 100 hands-on, step-by-step examples with different levels of complexity and various application areas, this book is extremely useful to both simulation professionals and students learning simulation modeling.