Integration of modeling and simulation in organizational studies.

Murray A. Geisler

Expert InsightsPublished 1959

A study of military logistics in which a Monte Carlo model is used to formulate a hypothesis about the characteristics of a logistics organization that will significantly reduce the cost of logistics support with no loss in support effectiveness. This hypothesis is developed so that the resulting organization, policies, and information system can be tested in a realistic man-machine simulation and compared with an alternative system. The simulation produces data showing the feasibility and desirability of the proposed organization. An analytical representation of the simulation is constructed to establish the range of parameter values over which the advantages of the proposed system persist. The paper emphasizes the relative roles that can be played by machine models and man-machine simulation in research directed toward designing preferred and compatible organizational structures, policies, and integrated information flows and communications design.

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Geisler, Murray A., Integration of modeling and simulation in organizational studies. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1959. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1634.html.
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