##  [Discrete Event Simulation](/discrete-event-simulation) 

  ##  [Discrete Event Simulation](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/discrete-event-simulation-0) 

  

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Definition

A computational modeling technique in which a system’s state changes only at discrete time instants triggered by instantaneous events; the model is represented by state variables and an event list, and the simulator processes events in nondecreasing time order to update state and produce performance measures.