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