Date Pages
Topics
Assignment Due
Notes
8/24/00 3-73
Introduction
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See Web site on CD use
8/29 77-98
Getting Started
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Pro-Model Demo
8/31 339-361
Distributions & Random Numbers
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Hand Simulation on Web Site
9/5 141-151
Model Building - I
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9/7
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Simulation Lab
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In teams of 2
9/12 395-434
Introduction to ProModel
Hand Simulation
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9/14 99-139
Data Collection & Analysis
L3.4-1 a-e
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9/19 99-139
Data Collection & Analysis
L4.5-1
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9/21 437-442
Use of Stat::fit
5.14-19 --->
What if a = .25? .01?
9/26 151-170
Model Building - II
L5.5-2, L5.5-3
Comment on WHY
9/28 445-465
Model Concepts
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10/3 445-465
Model Concepts
6.7-23
Look at -22 also
10/5 173-190
Verification & Validation
L6.11-1, L6.11-2 Compare answers
10/12 471-478
Verification & Validation
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Pick-up mid-term
10/17 ---
Review & Questions
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10/19 193-218
Simulation
mid-term
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10/24 193-218
Output
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10/26 479-486
Analysis
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10/31 221-249
Comparing
L8.4-3
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11/2 489-492
Systems
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11/7 251-272
"Optimization"
L9.2-1
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11/9 495-514
Simrunner
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11/14 495-514
Simrunner
L10.4-1
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11/16 515-546
Intermediate
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11/21 515-546
Modeling
L11.13-2
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11/28 549-563
Material Handling
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11/30 569-597
Additional Modeling Concepts
L11.13-3
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12/5 ---
Review
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Pick-up Take home portion
12/11 noon
Take home portion of Final due in Morgan 109C
12/13 9-11 a.m
In-class portion of Final
GRADING
Grading will be 90-80-70-60 out of 260 possible points. 14 assignments
at 5 points each, mid-term at 50 points, take-home portion of final at
50, and in-class portion of final at 20. Some leaway for the subjective
grading of partial credit may loosen, never tighten, this grading.
GENERAL
The above schedule and procedures are subject to change in the event
of extenuating circumstances. Any student with difficulty in meeting
these requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible for
an attempt to resolve the difficulty. This especially includes any
scheduled absences due to interviews or plant trips. The student
is expected to have met the published pre-requisites for this course.
Any student who has not met these should immediately contact their academic
advisor.
GOALS
The major goal of this course is to introduce the student to techniques
of discrete event simulation including both the modeling aspects and the
statistical analysis and design of such problems. Secondary goals
are usage of experimental design, system abstraction, and presentation
techniques including
an introduction to animation using an advanced graphical simulator.