Simulation Everywhere: An Evolutionary Expansion of Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation research and practice
Ikpe Justice Akpan, Godwin E. Etti

TL;DR
This paper reviews the evolution and expanding application of discrete-event simulation (DES) over decades, highlighting its growing importance in Industry 4.0, digital transformation, and potential integration with generative AI.
Contribution
It provides a bibliometric analysis of DES's growth, adoption across sectors, and discusses future integration with generative AI to enhance simulation capabilities.
Findings
Positive yearly growth in DES literature
Broadened DES adoption across diverse industries
DES remains central in Industry 4.0 and digital transformation
Abstract
Simulation was launched in the 1950s, nicknamed a tool of "last resort." Over the years, this Operations Research (OR) method has made significant progress, and utilizing the accelerated advances in computer science (hardware and software, processing speed, and advanced information visualization capabilities) to improve simulation usability in research and practice. After overcoming the initial obstacles and the scare of outliving its usefulness in the 2000s, computer simulation has remained a popular OR tool applied in diverse industries and sectors, earning its popularity leading to the term "simulation everywhere." This study uses bibliographic data from research and practice literature to evaluate the evolutionary expansion in simulation, focusing on discrete-event simulation (DES). The results show asymmetrical but positive yearly literature out-put, broadened DES adoption in…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSimulation Techniques and Applications · Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization · Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
