Index I-7
in electrical circuits, 26-24
in mechanics, 26-24
in thermodynamics, 26-23 to 26-24
Leslie matrix, 29-3
Level-rate diagrams, 33-19 to 33-21
Lindley’s equation, 25-7
Linearity, 20-8 to 20-9
Linearity, 5-19 to 5-20
geometric scaling and, 5-19 to 5-20
Little’s Law, 25-7 to 25-8, 34-6
Lookahead, 10-10
Lotka–Volterra model, 17-2
Lumped elements, 5-9 to 5-11
Lumped-mass formulation, 13-16
M
M/M/1 queueing system, 25-9 to 25-11
average queue length, 25-10
average system time, 25-10
departure process of, 25-12 to 25-13
stability condition for, 25-10
utilization and throughput, 25-10
Management science, dynamic modeling in, 33-1 to
33-22
conceptual modeling skills, 33-5 to 33-6
discrete event simulation, 33-7 to 33-16
activity cycle diagrams in conceptual modeling,
33-10 to 33-13
application areas, 33-8 to 33-9: business process
re-engineering (BPR), 33-8; in business
process improvement, 33-8; in health care,
33-8; in transport and physical logistics,
33-9
DES model implementation in computer
software, 33-13
discrete event simulation using a VIMS, 33-14 to
33-16
suitable problems, 33-7 to 33-8: complicated
characteristic, 33-7; discrete events
characteristic, 33-8; dynamic characteristic,
33-7; individual entities characteristic,
33-8; interactive characteristic, 33-7;
stochastic behavior characteristic, 33-8
terminology, 33-9 to 33-10: simulation
activities, 33-10; simulation clock, 33-10;
simulation entities, 33-9; simulation
events, 33
-10; simulation processes, 33-10;
simulation resources, 33-9
model validation, 33-21 to 33-22
models to support decision making, 33-2 to 33-4
dynamic systems modeling in, 33-4
project management skills, 33-4 to 33-5
initial negotiation and project definition, 33-5
project completion, 33-5
project management and control, 33-5
system dynamics, 33-16 to 33-21
qualitative system and dynamics, 33-17 to 33-19
quantitative system dynamics, 33-19 to 33-21
system structure and system behavior, 33-16 to
33-17
technical skills, 33-6 to 33-7
Manufacturing systems, modeling and analysis of,
34-1 to 34-19
basic quantities for, 34-2
control of, 34-10 to 34-12
discrete-event models, 34-7 to 34-8
effective process times, 34-8 to 34-10
flow models, 34-16 to 34-18
traffic flow model, 34-17 to 34-18
hybrid model, 34-15 to 34-16
preliminaries, 34-2 to 34-3
standard fluid model and extensions, 34-12 to
34-16
common fluid model, 34-12 to 34-14
extended fluid model, 34-14: approximation to,
34-14 to 34-15
steady-state analysis, analytical models for, 34-3 to
34-7
mass conservation (throughput), 34-4
queueing relations (Wip, Flow Time), 34-5 to
34-7
MarkovChains, 29-3
Markovian queueing models/networks, simple, 25-8
to 25-17
closed queueing networks, 25-15 to 25-17
M/M/1 queueing system, 25-9 to 25-11, See also
separate entry
mean value analysis (MVA), 25-16 to 25-17
non-Markovian queueing systems, 25-17 to 25-18
open queueing networks, 25-13 to 25-15
product form networks, 25-17
Marshsectormodel
dynamic output of, 28-27 to 28-29
model output analysis, 28-28 to 28-29
model validation, 28-29
Mathematical modeling
basic elements, 5-1 to 5-20
abstraction and scale, 5-9 to 5-17, See also
separate entry
conservation and balance principles, 5-17 to
5-19
dimensional analysis, 5-5 to 5-7, See also
separate entry
dimensional consistency and analysis, 5-3
to 5-9
dimensional homogeneity, 5-4 to 5-5
linearity, role of, 5-19 to 5-20
types of, 3-6 to 3-8
classification based on state, 3-6 to 3-7