Model Verification and Validation Strategies and Methods: An Application Case Study

Model verification and validation is an essential part of any modeling and simulation process. Many literatures report model verification and validation strategies and methods in a theoretical framework, but there is limited literature on the application of such strategies and methods to real-world simulation problems such as manufacturing operation system simulation. This research aimed to bridge the gap for a simulation case study from a large UK-based manufacturing company. This paper demonstrates model design and validation processes using a manufacturing case study, explains model verification and validation concepts, and demonstrates the application of a model verification and validation architecture. The emphasis of this paper is on model verification and validation strategies and methods. An example application of such strategies and methods to the verification and validation of a manufacturing operation system simulation case study is presented.