Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction to modeling and simulation / Catherine M. Banks -- Statistical concepts for discrete event simulation / Roland R. Mielke -- Discrete-event simulation / Rafael Diaz and Joshua G. Behr -- Modeling continuous systems / Wesley N. Colley -- Monte Carlo simulation / John A. Sokolowski -- Systems modeling : analysis and operations research / Frederic D. McKenzie -- Visualization / Yuzhong Shen -- M&S methodologies : a systems approach to the social sciences / Barry G. Silverman ... [et al.] -- Modeling human behavior / Yiannis Papelis and Poornima Madhaven -- Verification, validation, and accreditation / Mikel D. Petty -- An introduction to distributed simulation / Gabriel A. Wainer and Khaldoon Al-Zoubi -- Interoperability and composability / Andreas Tolk.