Construction of a flexible simulation model of a corporation

• Authors: RADOSIŃSKI Edward , RADOSIŃSKI Łukasz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The instability of the real structure of a firm is one of the fundamental problems in simulating microeconomic systems. This paper proposes a method, called ACV (abstraction – gradual concretization – verification) for constructing a flexible simulation model of a corporation. This method is based on the assumption that an effective approach to simulating a microeconomic system should take into account the structural instability of the modelled object. Practical implementation of the ACV method is illustrated using the EK_AN simulator of a firm. The purpose of the simulator as a scientific tool of operations research is to analyse the relations of given inputs (decisions) with the short- and mediumterm forecasts of a firm’s economic performance.

Keywords

EN

flexible simulation model; corporation; computer simulator; verification

• Publisher: Politechnika Wrocławska. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Journal: Operations Research and Decisions
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-95

Contributors

author

RADOSIŃSKI Edward

• Faculty of Computer Science and Management, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Łukasiewicza 5, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

author

RADOSIŃSKI Łukasz

• Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, ul. Norwida 4/6, 50-373 Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5277/ord190105