Hardware and Software Requirements
• The general advice about computer hardware for
simulation is the faster the better and plenty of
memory is helpful too.
• Spreadsheets and databases are particularly useful for
storing, retrieving and analysing sets of data.
• Statistical packages may be useful for working through
more complex analyses.
• There are also some specialist packages for simulation
analysis, for instance, EasyFit, ExpertFit and Stat::Fit for
fitting distributions to empirical data
Project Costs
• Simulation software purchase ($500–$20,000)
• Simulation software maintenance (5–20% of purchase)
• Hardware purchase ($1000–$2000)
• Hardware maintenance (5–20% of purchase cost)
• Simulation software training (free–$2000 per person)
• Training in simulation modelling ($1000–$2500 per
person)
• Person time: modelling, data collection,
experimentation, project management, meetings (up
to $2000 per day)
• Consultancy support (up to $2000 per day)