| SIMULATION is a problem solving technique through trial and error. This technique consists in emulating the behaviour of a physical system through a series of calculations; this process becomes, in a certain way, a virtual experiment: the underlying idea is to provide the means to test the consequences of certain decision through computation rather than in reality. |  |
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| Every engineer utilises simulation consciously or unconsciously. This is often performed with an Excel spreadsheet which makes it possible to predict the chain of consequences of a given decision or choice, by performing more or less complex computations. Nevertheless, it becomes clear that, beyond a certain level of complexity, the spreadsheet is not enough of a tool anymore…
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