Introduction to Simulation

This is the home page for the course "Introduction to Simulation" in the winter term 2023/24. General information on this course can be found here.

Information

  • If you are interested in participating in Simulation Project 2024 you MUST pass Introduction to Simulation.
  • Exam Date: 30.01.2024 14:00-16:00 (Messehalle 2)
  • Preliminary Exam Paper
  • The lectures will be held in person. Recorded versions from a past term are accessible via mediasite.ovgu.de. Please use your OVGU-Account to log in. The links will be in the table below.
  • The exercise classes will be held in person. The recorded versions from a past winter term are also available via mediasite.ovgu.de.
  • Time and place of the lecture:
    • Thursday 11-13 in G29-307 (Graham Horton)
  • Times of the exercises:
    • Wednesday 11-13 in G29-335 (Pascal Krenckel)
    • Thursday 13-15 in G29-K056 (Claudia Krull)
  • The exercises will start after the second lecture:
    • Exercise classes start from 19.10.2023
  • NOTE: The exam will be in English, you may use a dictionary and answer in either German or English. The Exam format will be multiple-coice.
  • HINWEIS: Die Klausur ist auf Englisch, Wörterbücher sind erlaubt, ebenso wie Antworten auf Deutsch oder Englisch. Die Klausur ist Multiple-Choice.

The user name and password required to download the course material will be announced in the first lecture and exercise and if you missed that, you can ask for it via your ovgu email account.

You have two Semester Assignments to choose from:

Preliminary plan

NOTE: Slides and videos are from previous semesters, and might be updated prior to the actual exercise/lecture date. Videos will not be updated.

Week Lecture Date Lecture Slides / Recordings
Exercise Date Exercise Class Slides / Recodings
Assignments
1 12.10.

 Organization Information /
 Introduction / Video

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2 19.10. Modelling of ODEs / Video 19.10. / 25.10. Introduction and Planetary Motion / Video Getting to know AnyLogic
3 26.10. Examples of ODEs / Video 26.10. / 01.11.

Continuous Modeling with Boundary Conditions / Video

 
4 02.11. Solving ODEs/ Video 02.11. / 08.11. Continuous Modelling Excercise / Video SIR and Infant Vaccinations
5 09.11. Discrete-Event Simulation / Video 09.11. / 15.11. Events in AnyLogic / Video Adding a Second Counter in the Bank
6 16.11. Random Variables and Random Numbers / Video 16.11. / 22.11. Process Modeling Library and Attributes / Video Glucose and Insulin
7 23.11. Input Modelling / Video 23.11. / 29.11. Input Modelling / Excel File / Video Input Data Analysis
8 30.11. Output Analysis / Video 30.11. / 06.12. Output Analysis / Video Output Analysis
9 07.12. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video 07.12. / 13.12. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video Agent-based Modelling and Simulation
10 14.12. Stochastic Petri Nets / Video 14.12. / 20.12. Stochastic Petri Nets / Video Stochastic Petri Nets
11 04.01. Markov Chains / Video 04.01. / 10.01. DTMCs / Video DTMCs
12 11.01. Comparing Systems / Video 11.01. / 17.01. Comparing Systems / Video  
13 18.01. Verification and Validation / Video 18.01. / 24.01. Storage System / Video  
14 25.01. Kickoff Simulation Project 2024  -  

Simulation Models

Lecture Models

Exercise Models

Course Material

Exam Preparation

Information on Probability Distributions

References

Letzte Änderung: 15.02.2024 - Ansprechpartner: Webmaster