The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to simulation taking into account fundamental concepts (waiting lines, servers, discrete events …)
| On completion of the unit, the student will be capable of: | Classification level | Priority |
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| Solving problems by a simulation approach | 2. Understand | Important |
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| Written exam: | 33 | % | Project submission: | 33 | % |
| Individual oral exam: | % | Group presentation: | 33 | % | |
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| Type of teaching activity | Content, sequencing and organisation |
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| Course | The course focuses on : 1. Introduction to Devs formalism 2. Modelling Complex systems 3. Simulation software 4. Review of basic probability 5. Building valid, credible and appropriately detailed simulation models 6. Selecting input probability distributions, random number generation, 7. Output data analysis for a single system 8. Experiment design and optimisation 9. Agent-based simulation and systems dynamics |
| Practical course | We will use Anylogic Software to apply the different concepts. All practical exercises are done with the software |