# Preface

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This book contains example documentation and open working for a computer simulation model. The model is a based on the treatment centre example in Nelson [1]. The model is implemented in `python` and `simpy`.

The book covers the following aspects of open working for simulation:

* Sharing your model code and parameters with other researchers and simulation modellers.
* An example of documenting your model using the STRESS reporting checklist (for DES).
* Providing a simple executable version of your model for other to verify results.

## Contributors

* Thomas Monks, University of Exeter
* Alison Harper, University of Exeter
* Simon Taylor, Brunel University London
* Anastasia Anagnostou, Brunel University London

## References

1. *Nelson. B.L. (2013). [Foundations and methods of stochastic simulation: A first course](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundations-Methods-Stochastic-Simulation-International/dp/1461461596/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=foundations+and+methods+of+stochastic+simulation&qid=1617050801&sr=8-1). Springer.*