R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 1: January 29, 2008
Administrative
- General Information
- Project Information
- Roll Call
- Student Information
Course Overview: Key Components
- Applications
- Probability & Statistics
- Modeling Environment
- Simulation Methodology
Types of Simulations
Why Model, In General?
What Simulation Models Can & Cannot Do
Examples: By hand, in Excel, and with Arena
- Monte Carlo: Estimating Prob.{2 heads in 4 coin flips}
- Dynamic System: Waiting in a Post Office
To Do:
- Install Arena & try to run any sample model
- Read Chapters 1 & 2
- Do Exercises 2.1 & 2.2 (will be reviewed but not collected)
- Look over Article List: Pick 1-2 that interest you
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 2: February 5, 2008
- Roll; Seating Chart
- Review Exercises 2.1 & 2.2
- Simulation Process
- Problem Formulation
- Data Collection
- Model Development
- Verification & Validation
- Experimentation
- Implementation
- Article Summary: Call Centers[Handout]
- Assign Articles & Presentation Dates
- Key Simulation Concepts
- Entity
- Attribute
- Resource
- Event
- State Variable
- Performance Measures
- Application Overviews
- Call Center Strategy
- Banking Transactions
- Hospital Emergency Room
- On-Street Parking
- Assignment #1 [Handout]
To Do:
- Assignment #1 – due next week
- Read Chapter 3
- Copy article & return to Saltzman
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 3: February 12, 2008
- Assignment 1 due
- Problem Formulation: Simplifying Steps
- Data Analysis:
- Histograms
- Using Arena’s Input Analyzer[Handout]
- Empirical Distributions
- Sampling from a Distribution
- Theoretical Distributions
- Goodness-of-Fit Tests
- Article Summaries:
- ______
- ______
- Does the Distribution Really Matter?
- Assignment #2[Handout]
To Do:
- Assignment #2
- Read Chapter 4.5 & Appendices C & D
- Copy article & return to Saltzman if you didn’t already
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 4: February 19, 2008
- Assignment 2 due
- More on Input Distributions:
- Random Sampling
- How Random Numbers (RNs) are Generated
- Inverting the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
- Why Interarrival Times are Exponentially Distributed
- Little Data Case
- Article Summaries:
- ______
- ______
- SIMAN & Arena Fundamentals:
- Brief History
- SIMAN-Arena Relationship
- Language Details:
- Variables
- Attributes
- Expressions
- Conditions
- Review Assignment 1
To Do:
- Read Chapter 12.1-12.2
- Prepare your article summary (if you haven’t already)
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 5: February 26, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 6: March 4, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 7: March 11, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 8: March 18, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 9: April 1, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 10: April 8, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 11: April 15, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 12: April 22, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 13: April 29, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 14: May 6, 2008
R. Saltzman – DS 851 Outline – Week 15: May 13, 2008
Project Presentations: ~10 minutes per team
Presentation Order: to be determined randomly