General concepts of systems. Discrete and continuous systems. Modelling and simulation of systems. State variables. Event scheduling. Comparison of analytical and simulation modelling techniques. General structure of a discrete-event simulation system. Probabilistic aspects of simulation. Simulation languages and software. Statistical models in simulation. Random number and random variate generation techniques. Queuing models in simulation. Input modelling. Verification and validation of simulation models. Output (statistical) analysis and representation of simulation results. Applications of simulation.
- Teacher: Dervis Deniz