Simulation in corporate decision making: then and now

Article Abstract:

We present the results of a 1985 study, which replicates a 1985 study by Cox, Ledbetter, and Smith (1977), and attempt to measure the use of simulation modeling to support decision-making in major U.S. corporation. Specifically, the purposes of the paper are (1) measure the development and use of simulation models at all levels of decision-making (operational, tactical, and strategic); (2) examine the use of simulation within each functional area; (3) identify specific application areas within each functional area where simulation is being used; and (4) compare this study's results with those from the Cox, Ledbetter, and Smith (1977) study. (Reprinted with permission of the publisher.)

Management science, Management, Companies, Policy, Decision Making, technical

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HeartLab: a multi-mode simulation for teaching cardiac auscultation

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A threaded interpretive language (TIL), Forth, was utilized to implement HeartLab, a simulation-based program designed to teach medical students the essentials of the auscultatory cardiac exam. The simulation output, high-resolution bit-mapped graphics coupled with realistic, computer-generated heart sounds, makes full use of the Apple Macintosh sound and graphics capabilities. Multimode simulation of this type and construction of an appropriate patient model create a number of design challenges for which this approach proved to be particularly well suited. (Reprinted with permission of the publisher.)

Computer assisted instruction, Heart, Medical education, Sound recording and reproduction, Computer-Assisted Instruction, FORTH, Fourth generation languages

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