Abstract

Quality aspects in simulation studies are addressed in a variety of papers and books. In our paper, we intend to provide the simulation practitioner in the field of production and logistics with an easy-to-use procedure to guide him through all phases of a simulation project, from the specification of his needs through the simulation study as such to the potential re-use of models and results. We outline five fundamental quality criteria, provide an extended procedure model for the different project phases, and explain how checklists can be applied for quality improvements. This work is based on the discussions over several years of a special interest group of the ASIM working group “Simulation in Production and Logistics” (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Simulation) and targets to summarise some of the key ideas of simulation experts from industry and academia working in a large variety of application domains of discrete event simulation (DES).