| Name | Simulation |
| Abbreviation | SIM |
| Learning Cost | 160 |
| Playing Cost | 400 |
| Suggested Phases | 2,3,4 |
Engineers
| Mechanical Engineer | Industrial Design | System Engineer | Electrical Engineer | Production Engineer | Software Engineer |
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ |
Technique and Issue Views
| BusinessNeeds | Stakeholder | Stakeholder Needs | System Requirements | System Structure Architecture |
| ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✔ |
| System Functional Architecture | Detail Hardware Design | Detail Service Design | Detail Software Design | Manufacturing Operations |
| ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✔ |
Technique Traits
| Identify Stakeholders | Elicit Needs | Remove Ambiguity | Layman's Terms | Technical Terms | Teamworkings |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Traceability | Prioritizing | Exploring Breadth | Inside the Box | Outside the box | V&V |
| 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Verification and Validation
| Analysis | Calculus | Inspection | Demonstration | Test |
| ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
A Simulation is an approximate imitation of the operation of a process or system. Simulation in engineering provides the users with useful feedback when designing real life systems or processes. This allows the user to determine the accuracy and efficiency before the system or process is developed and helps driving innovation in a time and cost-efficient manner. [1],[2],[3]. The history of simulations can be told from multiple perspectives depending on the type of simulation. The origin of computer simulations dates back to WWII when two mathematicians were confronted with the problem of the behavior and nature of the neurons. Trial and error costed allot of money and analysis was too difficult. A roulette wheel was used where the probability of known events was used to determine the outcome of the whole sequence of events. This technique was later used in the business and industry as well [4],[5].
