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Getting Started With GPSS/H, Second Edition

By Jerry Banks, John Carson and John Sy.
©Wolverine Software Corporation, 1995.
Wire-bound paperback. $39.50+shipping
Includes Student GPSS/H software and examples on CD.

Runs on Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.

Topics Covered

  • Basic GPSS/H Blocks and Control Statements
  • The GPSS/H Debugger
  • Waiting and Transit Time Statistics
  • Modeling Multiple, Parallel Servers
  • Routing a Transaction to a non-sequential Block
  • Ampervariables
  • Input/Output Capabilities
  • Transaction Parameters
  • Simulation Initialization and Multiple Runs
  • Repetitive and Conditional Control Statements
  • Random Numbers and GPSS/H Functions
  • Tabulating Sample Statistics
  • Matrix Savevalues
  • Other GPSS/H Features
  • Example Models and End-of-chapter Problems

An Introduction to Simulation Using GPSS/H

by Thomas J. Schriber
© John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1991, ISBN: 0-471-04334-6.
425 pages, 8 1/2 x 11", hardbound. $89.95+shipping
Includes Student GPSS/H software and examples on CD.

Runs on Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.

Topics Covered

  • Perspectives on Simulation and GPSS/H
  • Transaction Creation, Movement, and Destruction
  • GPSS/H Transaction Management (Chains)
  • Test-Mode (Debugging) Capabilities
  • Modeling Single Servers
  • Gathering Information About Transactions
  • Modeling Groups of Identical Servers
  • Controlling Transaction Direction and Timing
  • Nonuniform Probability Distributions
  • Single-System Statistical Experiments
  • Use of Antithetic Variates in Single-System Modeling
  • Statistical Experiments with Models of Competing Alternatives
  • Epilogue (Other GPSS/H Features)
  • Example Models and End-of-chapter Problems

Teaching aids for use with An Introduction to Simulation Using GPSS/H are available upon request (sample syllabus, transparency masters, etc.). Contact Dr. Thomas J. Schriber, Graduate School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Using Proof Animation, Third Edition

©Wolverine Software Corporation, 2002.
375 pages, 7 x 9", wirebound paperback. $39.50+shipping
Includes Student Proof Animation software and examples on CD.

Runs on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

Topics Covered

  • Overall Framework & Menu Commands
  • Input and Output File Formats
  • The Scalable Coordinate System
  • Running an Animation
  • Defining Named Views
  • Creating and Destroying Objects
  • Setting and Changing an Object's Color
  • Guided vs. Unguided Motion
  • Accumulating Paths
  • Generating Animation Input Using GPSS/H, SIMAN or SIMSCRIPT
  • Using Draw Mode
  • Creating Bar Graphs
  • Defining Object Classes
  • Defining Paths
  • Changing an Object's Shape
  • Rotating Objects
  • Adding Sound to Animation
  • Varying the Speeds of Objects on Paths
  • Fine Tuning the Color Palette
  • Using Proof Animation With CAD
  • Creating a Presentation

The GPSS/H Reference Manual...
indispensible for anyone working in GPSS/H

by James O. Henriksen and Robert C. Crain
© Wolverine Software Corporation, 1989 (Third Edition, revised 2004)
232 pages, 8 1/2 x 11", looseleaf. $35.00+shipping

Topics Covered

  • Transactions and Their Movement
  • How Blocks and Control Statements Interact
  • GPSS/H Entity Classes
  • Standard Numerical, Logical, Character Attributes
  • Model Format
  • Computational and Data Storage Capabilities
  • GPSS/H Macros
  • Random Number Generation
  • Detailed Syntax of Every Block
  • Detailed Syntax of Every Control Statement and Compiler Directive
  • Explanation of Output
  • Interactive Debugger Commands
  • Tips for Achieving Efficiency
  • Comparison with Other GPSS Implementations
  • Command Line Options

Take $5.00 off the cost of this book if ordered with either of the GPSS/H book/software packages.

Bookstore orders for all four books, and professor evaluation requests for the three tutorial books, can be directed to the respective publisher (Wolverine or Wiley).

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