DESperately Seeking Simulation - Tips and Potential Pitfalls
How to Make a Good Model
A model is doomed to fail if it’s not designed well.
So how can you help ensure that you are enabling your analysts to make good models?
Hopefully from what you’ve seen so far, you’re able to see applications of DES in your own system, and keen to implement it.
But how can you maximise the chance of the project being successful?
Understanding the Process
What is the process - really?
You’re setting the model up for failure if you don’t have the experts in the process in the room from the start
Even then, it can be complex to work out what to model and what to simplify
- But the scenarios you want to test can really influence this!
And do you actually hold the data you need to parameterise the model?
- Expert opinions can be used where data is missing, but this needs to be documented!