Table 5. Reported model descriptions in the papers.
Data collection Structure Input parameter Statistical analyses Validation Documentation
Reference (year) Case study Literature Interview Time study Official statistics Modular design Assumptions Scenario analysis Limitations Repeated simulation runs Warm-up period Distribution fitting Random number generation Parameter description Diagrams and Tables Sensitivity analyses Confidence intervals Regressions Statistical tests Structured walk through Comparing case study1 Comparing literature2 Animation and visualization Expert/Manager involvement Verbal Flow diagram Decision tree Business process diagrams Equations Distribution descriptions Screen shots
De Mol et al. (1997) X             X                             X   X X          
Asikainen (1998) X X X X X X X X X X
Asikainen (2001) X                 X   X X X                     X       X X  
Myers and Richards (2003) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Saranen and Hilmola (2007)             X X           X           X     X X X X          
Mahmoudi et al. (2009) X X X X X X X X X X X
Asikainen (2010)   X         X X   X   X X X                     X            
Mobini et al. (2011) X X X X X X X X X X X
Beaudoin et al. (2012) X   X X     X X   X   X X X X X X   X   X   X X X X X     X  
Cavalli et al. (2012) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Karttunen et al. (2012) X X X             X   X X X     X         X X   X       X X X
Zhang et al. (2012) X X X X X X X X X X X X
Karttunen et al. (2013) X X     X   X X X     X   X X X         X   X X X X       X X
Mobini et al. (2013) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Windisch et al. (2013a) X X X             X   X X               X X   X X X   X      
Windisch et al. (2013b) X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Zamora et al. (2013)       X       X       X   X X       X           X X   X X X  
Eriksson et al. (2014a) X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Eriksson et al. (2014b)   X X X   X X X   X   X X X   X       X   X X X X X   X X X  
Etlinger et al. (2014) X X X X X X X X X
Marques et al. (2014) X   X       X X         X X                 X X X X         X
Mobini et al. (2014) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Spinelli et al. (2014)   X   X     X     X   X X X X X     X   X X     X         X  
Windisch et al. (2015) X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Pinho et al. (2016a) X             X       X                         X X          
Pinho et al. (2016b) X X X X X X X X
Wolfsmayr et al. (2016) X           X X   X   X   X   X         X       X     X      
Eliasson et al. (2017) X X X X X X X X X
Eriksson et al. (2017) X X     X X X X   X   X X X           X X   X   X X     X    
Kishita et al. (2017) X X X X X X X X X X X
Väätäinen et al. (2017) X X         X X X X   X X X X X X       X X     X X       X  
Gronalt and Rauch (2018) X X X X X X X X X X
1Comparing simulation model results with real world case study data, 2Comparing simulation model results with literature data