Advanced concepts and capabilities for the analysis of simulation output

In many cases, data generated by executing a simulation model are summarized and printed as part of each model run. As the objectives of simulation projects have become more ambitious and complex, creating summaries in only this way has been found to be unsatisfactory. Recently, software has been developed specifically to assist simulators in analyzing and presenting simulation results to meet their more complex objectives. These software tools are: 1. SDLTM, a database management system for storing and manipulating simulation results; 2. SIMCHARTTM, an interactive graphics system for displaying simulation results; and 3. AIDTM, a tool for fitting distribution functions to data, including simulation results.