Preface#

DOI

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. Springer.