ADVANCED SYSTEM SIMULATION AND MODELING (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Define basic concepts in modeling and simulation; Build a computer model for a given engineering system; Validate the developed model.

Topics:

1. Introduction to system dynamics (SD), discrete-event simulation (DES), and agent-based simulation (ABM);
2. SD – Introduction;
3. SD – System characteristics;
4. SD – Delays;
5. SD – Numerical Integration;
6. DES – Introduction;
7. DES – Queueing Models;
8. DES – Input Modeling;
9. DES – Verification, Calibration, and Validation;
10. ABM – Introduction;
11. Enrichment Activity: Student group presentation – Topic: Recent resear:ch in system simulation and modeling;
12. Enrichment Activity: GUEST LECTURE – Topic: Recent research in system simulation and modeling.