IE 420_Industrial Systems Simulation

Catalog Data:

This course introduces students to the concept of simulation, including modeling, simulation languages, and appropriate inputs to a simulation model, and analysis of the output from a simulation model.

Course Purpose:

To provide the students with the ability to analyze problems by use of a simulation model. The course introduces students to the concept of simulation, including modeling, simulation languages, and appropriate inputs to a simulation model and will cover the generation of random numbers and random variables to simulate stochastic behavior, when to stop a simulation and what confidence to place in the resulting estimators, building and animating an ARENA model, analyzing the results, and comparing alternatives.