• CD-ROM containing the Student Version of the ExpertFit distribution-fitting software
• Up-to-date treatment of the latest simulation software, including a common example in four of the leading products
• More comprehensive and practical discussion of how to validate a simulation model
• New and improved random-number generators
• Latest statistical techniques for estimating the performance measures of a simulated system, both for terminating and steady-state simulations
• Ranking-and-selection procedures for choosing the best system configuration, which allow the use of common random numbers for increased efficiency
• More detailed discussion of how to use the method of common random numbers in practice
• Greatly expanded and self-contained discussion of classical design of experiments, with a particular emphasis on how to correctly implement these techniques in the context of simulation modeling
• Several detailed examples on the use of simulation-based optimization
• More than 205 examples, 320 figures, and 275 homework problems