A Query-Driven Approach to Simulations

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Alexander Tuzhilin

New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business; New York University (NYU) - Department of Information, Operations, and Management Sciences

P. R. Balasubramanian

Boston University - Department of Management Information Systems

Date Written: 1993

Abstract

This paper describes a Query-Driven Simulation (QDS) approach to asking questions aboutoutcomes of business processes. In this approach a user issues a query about outcomes of simulationruns and, based on the query asked, appropriate simulations are launched and the answer tothe query is determined from the outcomes of these simulations. It is argued that Query-DrivenSimulations provide a more declarative, flexible, and interactive approach to asking questionsabout simulation outcomes than the traditional approaches of letting the end-users run simulationsand gather statistics about simulation outcomes. The paper also presents a new simulationsystem development lifecycle based on the QDS approach.

Keywords: Query-Driven Simulations, Discrete-Event Simulations, Temporal Databases, Query Languages

Suggested Citation

Tuzhilin, Alexander and Balasubramanian, P. R., A Query-Driven Approach to Simulations (1993). NYU Working Paper No. IS-93-44, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1288472

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