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Traditionally, simulation executives have been divided into discrete-event and continuous-time executives. Some systems require modelling using both discrete and continuous parts. Hybrid simulation executives have the drawback that they treat discrete and continuous parts of a system in completely different ways. Here it is shown how continuous models may be simulated using a discrete executive: the novel discrete quantity approach (DQA). The method could also be used to allow a continuous part to be added to a discrete model without the need for a hybrid executive.
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Barton, P., Tobias, A. Discrete quantity approach to continuous simulation modelling. J Oper Res Soc 51, 485–489 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600880
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600880