Model selection for simulation design: a multiobjective decision analysis approach with an application to simulating transport agents

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Lisa A. Schaefer and Craig W. Kirkwood SIMULATION 2003; 79; 83 DOI: 10.1177/0037549703254540 The online version of this article can be found at: http://sim.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/79/2/83

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Model Selection for Simulation Design: A Multiobjective Decision Analysis Approach with an Application to Simulating Transport Agents
Lisa A. Schaefer The MITRE Corporation 7515 Colshire Drive McLean, VA 22102 [e-mail] Craig W. Kirkwood Department of Supply Chain Management Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-4706 This article reviews the characteristics of the model selection problem for simulation software or analyses and presents a multiobjective decision analysis approach for model selection that addresses these characteristics. The approach is illustrated with an application to selecting a modeling approach for simulating transport agents. The authors discovered that using multiobjective decision analysis for model selection can assist decision makers in more fully understanding all aspects of the simulation design problem and