Design of Computer Experiments concerns the planning of experiments on computer models. A computer model is a piece of computer code that given some input settings produces one or more outputs. Computer experiments are different from physical experiments since uncertainty is either not present or introduced and controlled in the computer.
Computer models in areas such as fluid mechanics and discrete event simulation are often very complex, have many factors and/or long execution times. The main challenge in design of computer experiments is therefore to choose a set of experiments on the computer model efficiently.
An example: A simulation model for an orthopaedic surgical unit. Methods: Discrete event simulation combined with design and analysis of computer experiments.
