Unit-I
System definition and components, stochastic activities, continuous and discrete
Systems, System modeling, types of models, static and dynamic physical models,
Static and dynamic mathematical models, Full corporate model, types of system
study.
Unit-II
System simulation, Why to simulate and when to simulate, Basic nature of simulation, technique of simulation, comparison of simulation and analytical methods, types of system simulation, real time simulation, hybrid simulation, simulation of pure-pursuit problem single-server queuing system and an inventory problem, Monte Carlo simulation, Distributed Lag models, Cobweb model.

Unit-III
Simulation of continuous systems, analog vs. digital simulation, simulation of water reservoir system, simulation of a servo system, simulation of an autopilot
Discrete system Simulation, Fixed time-step vs. event-to-event model, generation of random numbers, Test for randomness, Generalization of non-uniformly distributed random numbers, Monte-Carlo computation vs. stochastic simulation.
Unit-IV
System dynamics, exponential growth models, exponential decay models, modified exponential growth models, logistic curves, generalization of growth models, System Dynamics diagrams, Feedback in Socio-Economic systems, world model.
Unit-V
Simulation of PERT networks, Critical path computation, uncertaintities in Activity duration, Resource allocation and consideration.
Simulation software, Simulation languages, continuous and discrete simulation languages, Expression based languages, object-oriented simulation, general-purpose vs. application-oriented simulation packages, CSMP-III, MODSIM-III.

References
Geoftrey Gordon,“ System Simulation”, PHI
Narsingh Deo, “ System Simulation with digital computer”, PHI
Averill M. Law, W. David Kelton, “Simulation Modeling and Analysis”, TMH