SYS 3062

Discrete Event Simulation

Course Description

Prerequisites

APMA 3100, and APMA 3120

A first course in the theory & practice of discrete-event simulation. Monte Carlo methods, generating random numbers & variates, spreadsheet add-ins & applications, sampling distributions & confidence intervals, input analysis & distribution fitting. Discrete-event dynamic systems, modeling, simulation logic & data structures, output analysis, model verification & validation, comparing alternative systems, simulation optimization, case studies. Prerequisite: APMA 3100, and APMA 3120