El modelado y la simulación de eventos discretos tiene innumerables aplicaciones en todas las ramas de la Ingeniería. Se emplea en el diseño, análisis, control y optimización de sistemas de producción, logísticos, de transporte y de comunicaciones, por citar únicamente algunos ejemplos. En esta obra se ofrece una introducción a los conceptos fundamentales del modelado y la simulación por ordenador. Se describen técnicas para la especificación y simulación de modelos de tiempo discreto, autómatas celulares y modelos de eventos discretos, tanto deterministas como estocásticos. Asimismo, se explican los métodos básicos y se introduce el uso de algunas herramientas software para llevar a cabo las diferentes etapas de las que generalmente consta un estudio de simulación: análisis de datos para el modelado de las entradas al modelo, especificación y codificación del modelo, diseño del experimento, simulación del modelo y análisis de los resultados de la simulación.

Highly computer-oriented text, introducing numerical methods and algorithms along with the applications and conceptual tools. Includes homework problems, suggestions for research projects, and open-ended questions at the end of each chapter. Written by our successful author who also wrote Continuous System Modeling, a best-selling Springer book first published in the 1991 (sold about 1500 copies).

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Smart Technologies, Systems and Applications, held in Quito, Ecuador, in December 2019. The 27 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The papers of this volume are organized in topical sections on smart technologies; smart systems; smart trends and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Technology Trends, CITT 2018, held in Babahoyo, Ecuador, in August 2018. The 53 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 204 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on communications; security and privacy; computer and software engineering; computational intelligence; e-government and e-participation.

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th EAI International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks, QShine 2020, held in November 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 19 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in tracks on Network Reliability and Security an Emerging Applications

Complexity science aims to better understand the processes of both natural and man-made systems which are composed of many interacting entities at different scales. A disaggregated approach is proposed for simulating electricity systems, by using agent-based models coupled to continuous ones. The approach can help in acquiring a better understanding of the operation of the system itself, e.g. on emergent phenomena or scale effects; as well as in the improvement and design of future smart grids.