Stochastic Simulation: Theory and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Mathematics entitled “Stochastic Simulation: Theory and Applications”.

Simulation, broadly understood as “computer imitation of the behavior of a system, using a (mathematical) model to explain the relevant characteristics of the system, in order to numerically evaluate the system's performance measures”, has long been recognized as a powerful tool for the design and analysis of existing and new systems.

Computer simulation has become a powerful tool for the analysis of complex systems in every engineering area, and the development of algorithms and the creation of software simulators, which use finite-element theory and discrete-event simulation, has made possible the analysis of multiple sophisticated scientific and industrial cases.

Simulation experiments using a stochastic-simulation model have long been used for the estimation of performance measures for risk assessment and mitigation. Stochastic simulation has been widely used for risk assessment in many areas, such as supply chain management, where risk measures are mainly related to shortages, the occurrence of catastrophes and costs incurred. Stochastic simulation has also been extensively used in the areas related to production planning to design products with high reliability, for example, for water distribution, for the design of integrated circuits or for the design of highly reliable products. One area of production planning where stochastic simulation is particularly important for risk mitigation is operations scheduling, where programs that meet delivery dates are especially important when using a digital twin under the framework of Industry 4.0. In this Special Issue, we invite manuscripts dealing with the theory and applications of stochastic simulation. Applications and results for both transient and steady-state simulations will be considered, and methodologies that assess the accuracy of the corresponding point estimators are especially welcome.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following:

• Simulation-Based Optimization;
• Data Science for Simulation;
• Digital Twins and Industry 4.0;
• Markov Chain Monte Carlo Theory and Applications;
• Model Uncertainty and Robust Simulation;
• Simulation Input Analysis;
• Simulation Output Analysis;
• Computer Simulation of industrial and business processes;
• Simulation Applications: supervised learning in all areas, environmental sciences, climate sciences, biomedical sciences, chemical sciences and chemometrics, econometrics and finance, engineering design, agronomy and forestry sciences, energy, sustainable development, mining sciences, social web, information and communications technology, security, biometry, internet of things, natural disaster modelling.

Prof. Dr. David F. Muñoz
Prof. Dr. Federico Trigos
Dr. Jingzheng Ren
Guest Editors

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• risk management
• data science
• simulation-based design
• simulation-based forecasting
• discrete-event simulation