Important Steps in Simulation and Model Building
5. model the appropriate level(s) of detail
- define the boundaries of the system
- some characteristics of “the environment” (outside the boundaries) may need to be included
- control the tendency to model in great detail well understood elements in the system, while skimming over other, less well understood sections
6. start early to collect the necessary input data
- TOO MUCH DATA: we need techniques for reducing it to a form usable in our model
- TOO LITTLE DATA: we need information which can be represented by statistical distributions.