{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3149976831","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","title":"Simulation education - seven reasons for change","display_name":"Simulation education - seven reasons for change","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3149976831","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","mag":"3149976831"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5078930808","display_name":"Allen G. Greenwood","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99041443","display_name":"Mississippi State University","ror":"https://ror.org/0432jq872","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210141039","https://openalex.org/I99041443"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Allen Greenwood","raw_affiliation_strings":["Industrial & Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Industrial & Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99041443"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5036394314","display_name":"Malcolm Beaverstock","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I41166544","display_name":"T-Mobile (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/01w2zpd04","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I41166544"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Malcolm Beaverstock","raw_affiliation_strings":["Flexsim, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Flexsim, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I41166544"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5078930808"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99041443"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.4097,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.73637806,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"20","last_page":"28"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.09740000218153,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11195","display_name":"Simulation Techniques and Applications","score":0.09740000218153,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6771019101142883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/magic","display_name":"MAGIC (telescope)","score":0.5546332597732544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation-modeling","display_name":"Simulation modeling","score":0.4391372799873352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simulation","display_name":"Simulation","score":0.37229037284851074}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6771019101142883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777704519","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45732","display_name":"MAGIC (telescope)","level":2,"score":0.5546332597732544},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108215451","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7263963","display_name":"Simulation modeling","level":2,"score":0.4391372799873352},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.37229037284851074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wsc.2011.6147736","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.416.3531","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.416.3531","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.informs-sim.org/wsc11papers/002.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.8299999833106995}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":1,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2976901305"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W635799472","https://openalex.org/W3096088896","https://openalex.org/W4250450917","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4234179797","https://openalex.org/W4396691536","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Simulation,":[0],"once":[1],"the":[2,10,105],"magic":[3],"wand":[4],"of":[5,39,100,107],"a":[6,14,51,72,89],"simulation":[7,43],"professional,":[8],"has":[9],"opportunity":[11],"to":[12,33,36,61,70],"become":[13],"common":[15],"tool":[16],"for":[17,85,92],"analyzing":[18],"and":[19,79,104],"solving":[20],"real-world":[21,64],"problems":[22],"in":[23,50,83,112],"today's":[24],"fast":[25],"paced,":[26],"dynamic":[27],"environment.":[28],"Graduating":[29],"students":[30,59],"will":[31],"have":[32],"be":[34],"prepared":[35],"take":[37],"advantage":[38],"that":[40],"opportunity.":[41],"Applying":[42],"today":[44],"isn't":[45],"like":[46],"completing":[47],"an":[48],"exercise":[49],"traditional":[52,113],"text.":[53],"Even":[54],"case":[55],"studies":[56],"don't":[57],"teach":[58],"how":[60],"actually":[62],"solve":[63],"problems.":[65],"There":[66],"are":[67],"good":[68],"reasons":[69],"consider":[71],"change.":[73],"The":[74],"book":[75,119],"Applied":[76],"Simulation":[77],"Modeling":[78],"Analysis":[80],"using":[81],"Flexsim,":[82],"use":[84],"two":[86],"years,":[87],"supports":[88],"fresh":[90],"approach":[91],"teaching":[93],"simulation.":[94,124],"Its":[95],"organization,":[96],"application":[97],"techniques,":[98],"blending":[99],"theory":[101],"with":[102],"practice,":[103],"introduction":[106],"topics":[108],"not":[109],"normally":[110],"covered":[111],"texts":[114],"make":[115],"it":[116],"different.":[117],"This":[118],"is":[120],"all":[121],"about":[122],"applying":[123]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}