Conceptual modelling for simulation Part I: definition and requirements
By Stewart Robinson. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2008
513 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Conceptual modelling is probably the most important aspect of a simulation study. It is also the most difficult and least understood. Over 40 years of simulation research and practice have provided only limited information on how to go about designing a simulation conceptual model. This paper, the first of two, discusses the meaning of conceptual modelling and the requirements of a conceptual model. Founded on existing literature, a definition of a conceptual model is provided. Four requirements of a conceptual model are described: validity, credibility, utility and feasibility. The need to develop the simplest model possible is also discussed. Owing to a paucity of advice on how to design a conceptual model, the need for a conceptual modelling framework is proposed. Built on the foundations laid in this paper, a conceptual modelling framework is described in the paper that follows.
Subfields: Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research
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In Information Systems
- Duncan A. Robertson
- Christine S. M. Currie
- Navonil Mustafee
- Bhakti Stephan Onggo
- Thomas Monks
- Andres Forero Osorio
- Kathy Kotiadis
- Antuela A. Tako
In Management Information Systems
- Navonil Mustafee
- Duncan A. Robertson
- Christine S. M. Currie
- Bhakti Stephan Onggo
- Thomas Monks
- Andres Forero Osorio
- Kathy Kotiadis
- Antuela A. Tako
In Management Science and Operations Research
- Navonil Mustafee
- Duncan A. Robertson
- Christine S. M. Currie
- Bhakti Stephan Onggo
- Thomas Monks
- Andres Forero Osorio
- Kathy Kotiadis
- Antuela A. Tako
Citations in the corpus
- How simulation modelling can help reduce the impact of COVID-19 (2020, methodology): “Conceptual modelling has been described in one of the key stages in the modelling process and should be the initial stage of any simulation study (Robinson 2008).”
- Hybrid simulation modelling in operational research: A state-of-the-art review (2019, methodology): “Conceptual modelling is the abstraction of a model from a real or a proposed system, and is independent of the model code or software ( Robinson, 2008 ).”