The general goals of a simulation study often include:

$($a$)$ of system alternatives and their performance measures across various factors $($decision variables$)$ with respect to some objectives.

$($b$).$ of system behavior at some future point in time.

$($c$)$ The sequence of random numbers generated from a given seed is called a random number is called

$($d$)$ State three major methods of generating random variables from any distribution