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| Introduction |
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1 What Is Numerical Simulation? |
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1.2 What Is a Simulation? |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 What Are Modeling and Numerical Simulations? |
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1.4 What Is a State Representation? |
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1.5 What Is the Value of Numerical Simulation? |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (8) |
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2.2 From 1940 to 1960: The First Steps of Numerical Simulation |
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2.3 From 1960 to 1980: The Evolution of Numerical Simulation |
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2.4 From 1980 to 1995: The Revolution of Numerical Simulation |
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2.5 From 1995 to 2015: The Spread of Numerical Simulation |
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2.6 Three Lessons from History |
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3 Numerical Simulation in Industry: Why? |
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3.1 Why Expand Simulation? |
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3.1.2 ... That Is Profitable |
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3.2 Contributions of Simulation |
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3.2.1 The Modeling Iceberg |
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3.2.2 Eight Levers of Value Creation |
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3.3 Simulation Costs and Limits |
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3.3.1 Costs of Simulation |
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3.3.2 Limits to Simulation |
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3.4 Deciding Whether to Use Simulation or Not |
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4 Efficient Use of Numerical Simulation: Technical Aspects |
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4.1 Different Kinds of Numerical Simulations |
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35 | (2) |
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4.2 Five Steps to Expand Numerical Simulation |
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4.3 Eight Technical Best Practices |
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4.3.1 Best Practice 1: Defining the Objective |
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4.3.2 Best Practice 2: Including Sufficient and Necessary Physical Phenomena |
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4.3.3 Best Practice 3: Converting into Equations and Configuring the Model |
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4.3.4 Best Practice 4: Picking the Software |
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4.3.5 Best Practice 5: Managing the Numerical and IT Issues |
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4.3.6 Best Practice 6: Managing the Validity Level of the Results |
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4.3.7 Best Practice 7: Producing Useful Results |
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4.3.8 Best Practice 8: Maintaining and Storing the Models |
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5 Efficient Use of Numerical Simulation: Organizational Aspects |
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5.2 Eight Organizational Best Practices |
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5.2.1 Best Practice 1: Leading Change Related to Numerical Simulation |
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5.2.2 Best Practice 2: Defining a Numerical Simulation Expansion Strategy |
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5.2.3 Best Practice 3: Managing Communication for Numerical Simulation |
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5.2.4 Best Practice 4: Provide Any Necessary Means to Numerical Simulation |
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5.2.5 Best Practice 5: Industrializing Numerical Simulation |
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5.2.6 Best Practice 6: Managing the Numerical Simulation--Related Skills |
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5.2.7 Best Practice 7: Managing the Models Expansion |
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5.2.8 Best Practice 8: Managing Configurations of Models and Results |
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6 The Future of Numerical Simulation in Industry: The Early Twenty-First Century |
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6.1 Why Is Predicting the Future Important? |
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125 | (1) |
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6.2.1 Changes from the Past, Still in Progress |
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126 | (1) |
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| Conclusion |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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