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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard German
Simulation and Modeling I
A first course on discrete-event simulation
Winter Term 2004/2005
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Announcements We wish all students the
best of luck for their oral exams!
Please arrange date
and time for your oral exam in office 6.156 as soon as possible (until
January 25 at the latest!)! Oral exams
for Simulation and Modeling I will be held on March 15 and March 16, 2005.
Of course, final admission to the exam depends on whether you have successfully
participated in the exercise class, i.e., whether all assignments have been
successfully completed until February 3, 2005. Here, you find the current
exam schedule as a
pdf-file.
From November 2 on, lectures by Professor German will be held in hall HH - Hörsaal Physikum, Staudtstr.5, 91058
Erlangen (see maps for detailed location).
Time and dates (Tuesdays, 12:15-13:45) remain the same.
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Overview of the various kinds of simulation, including discrete simulation
(computational concepts, simulation of queuing systems, professional simulation
tools), required probability concepts and statistics, modeling paradigms (e.g.,
event/process oriented, queuing systems, Petri nets, UML statecharts), input
modeling (selecting input probability distributions), random number generation
(linear congruential generators and variants, generating random variates), output
analysis (warm-up period detection, independent replications, result presentation),
continuous and hybrid simulation (differential equations, numerical solution,
hybrid statecharts), simulation software, case studies, parallel and distributed
simulation.
Both proofs of attendance ("unbenotete/benotete Scheine", 4 SWS) and credits (ECTS 8) can be obtained.
Depending on the examination regulations ("Prüfungsordnung") of the respective field of study
it is possible to take an oral exam for which you have to register at the examination
office ("Prüfungsamt").
Proofs of attendance and credits can only be given for a combination of attending the lectures and
successfully participating in the exercise courses.
Successful participation presupposes that all assignments have been completed
successfully (as assessed by the trainer of the course). Additionally, a
written (for a large number of participants) or oral (for a small number of
participants) test at the end of the lecture session has to be passed. For
a proof of attendance, at least 50 % of all possible points must be obtained;
for a credit, the grade is determined by the number of points obtained
(always according to the same linear scale). The same applies to oral
tests accordingly.
The lectures and exercises are given in English, all written material is in English. Individual
discussions in German are of course possible.
- Lecture
Tuesday, 12:15 - 13:45, HH - Hörsaal Physikum
- Exercise or supervised computer hours
Thursday, 10:15 - 11:45, Room 01.153 (CIP-Pool first floor)
- (Supervised) Computer hours
Tuesday and Thursday, 14:00 - 16:00, Room 01.153 (CIP-Pool first floor)
The exercise will be held on selected Thursday mornings. The specific dates will
be announced. In the remaining exercise hours on Thursday morning, lab 01.153
may be accessed for voluntary practice, where a teaching assistant will be
present in order to assist in the current assignments (supervised computer hours)
During the supervised computer hours on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, students
are expected to work on their assignments with their teams.
Lab 01.153 is exclusively reserved for this class in the hours given above. When
questions arise, the teaching assistant may be asked directly or be contacted in his office, via
phone or via Email.
Beyond the exercises and computer hours, appointments for individual discussions
may be arranged with the teaching assistant at any other time (also via Email).
Otherwise, please limit your unappointed seek for individual assistance to the
exercise or computer hours.
- A. Law, W. Kelton:
Simulation, Modeling and Analysis, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Available in "Gruppenbibliothek Informatik" (library on 2nd floor) in "Handapparat" No. 35.
- J. Banks, J. Carson, B. Nelson, D. Nicol:
Discrete-Event System Simulation , 3rd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
Available at the library of the Technical Faculty.
- J. Banks:
Getting started with AutoMod , 2nd Edition, Autosimulations Inc., 2000.
Download pdf-file.
- AnyLogic : modeling and simulation tool. Follow this password-protected link
to download AnyLogic 5.1 (student license).
- AutoMod : simulation environment for manufacturing. Getting started with AutoMod
is more than an introduction to the AutoMod simulation software. Simulation principles, modeling and statistical analysis are also discussed.
- ExpertFit : distribution-fitting software
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