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Title: Good book but not for faint hearted
Review: Excellent book for a modeller, but don't ever think that you can take on a modelling project equipped with this book and "learn as you go".The book is highly detailed and contains no-nonsense advice on approach to simulation of live systems, but it is not a tutorial.For discrete simulation science this book is what Knuth is for algorithms. You do not start studying computer science by diving into Knuth head first. Same applies here.Do yourself a favor and start with a good book on statistics, go through it end to end before you even open this one or you won't get past the second chapter.Otherwise, really a treasure trove of valuable advice.
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