Introduction to Simulation
This is the home page for the course "Introduction to Simulation" in the winter term 2021/22. General information on this course can be found here.
Information
- If you are interested in participating in Simulation Project 2022 you MUST pass Introduction to Simulation.
- Exam Date: Fri 11.02.2022 08:00 - Messehalle 2
- The lectures will be recorded and accessible via mediasite.ovgu.de. Please use your OVGU-Account to log in. The links will be in the table below. We expect you to have listened to the lecture prior to attending the corresponding exercise class.
- The exercise classes will be held online via BigBlueButton, the recorded versions from last winter term are also available via mediasite.ovgu.de. We will add the links after the exercise is held.
- Time and place of the lecture: (asynchronous)
- Times of the online exercises:
- Monday 13-15 (BigBlueButton)
- Thursday 13-15 (BigBlueButton)
- The exercises will start after the second lecture:
- Monday exercise class starts on 18.10.2021
- 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.
NEW: The user name and password required to download the course material will be published in a short organizational slide via Mediasite, will be announced in the exercise and if you missed that, you can ask for it via your ovgu email account.
Organization Information Slides (via Mediasite, ovgu login)
You have two Semester Assignments to choose from:
Preliminary plan
| Week | Lecture Slides / Recordings |
Exercise Date | Exercise Class Slides / Recodings |
Assignments |
| 1 |
Organization Information / |
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| 2 | Modelling of ODEs / Video (last semester version) | 18.10. / 21.10. | Introduction and Planetary Motion / Video (last semester version) | Getting to know AnyLogic |
| 3 | Examples of ODEs / Video (last semester version) | 25.10. / 28.10. |
Continuous Modeling with Boundary Conditions / Video (last semester version) |
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| 4 | Solving ODEs/ Video (last semester version) | 01.11. / 04.11. | Continuous Modelling Excercise / Video (last semester version) | SIR and Infant Vaccinations |
| 5 | Discrete-Event Simulation / Video (last semester version) | 08.11. / 11.11. | Events in AnyLogic / Video (last semester version) | Adding a Second Counter in the Bank |
| 6 | Random Variables and Random Numbers / Video (last semester version) | 15.11. / 18.11. | Process Modeling Library and Attributes / Video (last semester version) | Glucose and Insulin |
| 7 | Input Modelling / Video (last semester version) | 22.11. / 25.11. | Input Modelling / Excel File / Video (last semester version) | Input Data Analysis |
| 8 | Output Analysis / Video (last semester version) | 29.11. / 02.12. | Output Analysis / Video (last semester version) | Output Analysis |
| 9 | Stochastic Petri Nets / Video (last semester version) | 06.12. / 09.12. | Stochastic Petri Nets / Video (last semester version) | Stochastic Petri Nets |
| 10 | Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video (last semester version) | 13.12. / 16.12. | Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video (last semester version) | Agent-based Modelling and Simulation |
| 11 | Markov Chains / Video (last semester version) | 20.12. / - | DTMCs / Video (last semester version) | DTMCs |
| 12 | Comparing Systems / Video (last semester version) | 10.01. / 13.01. | Comparing Systems / Video (last semester version) | |
| 13 | Verification and Validation / Video (last semester version) | 17.01. / 20.01. | Storage System / Video (last semester version) | |
| 14 | Kickoff Simulation Project / Video |
Simulation Models
Lecture Models
- Eulers Method (xlsx)
- Coffee Problem (xlsx)
- Leaky Bucket (xlsx)
- Fountain - Three Leaky Buckets (alp)
- M/M/1 Queue (alp)
- M/M/1 Queue (xlsx)
- Lorenz Chaotic Equations (alp)
- Three Species Predator Prey Model (alp)
Exercise Models
- Sun and Earth (alp)
- Bungee Jumper (alp)
- Coffee Problem (alp)
- Two Bodies Stiff (alp)
- Epidemic(SIR) (alp)
- The Bank (alp)
- Substance (alp)
- Two Class Medical Practice (zip)
- Medical Practice - A Business Perspective (zip)
- Game Of Life (alp)
- Flocking of Birds (alp)
- Flocking of Birds (alp - Video Version)
- Inventory System (zip)
- Correlated Sampling (alp)
Course Material
- AnyLogic Instructions page
- You have two Semester Assignments to choose from:
- ItS Applets
Exam Preparation
- NOTE: The exam format will be multiple-choice
- Preliminary Exam Paper (WS 21/22)
- Archive of Previous ItS Exams
- Possible questions for oral exams
Information on Probability Distributions
- Probability distributions
- More probability distributions
- Quantile-Quantile plot
- Chi-square test (Microsoft Excel)
References
- Banks, Carson, Nelson & Nicol: Discrete-Event System Simulation (BCNN), relevant chapters are listed in the corresponding lecture slides
- J.D. Lambert: Computational methods in ordinary differential equations (Lam), especially chapters 1.3, 2.2, 2.6, 2.7, 8.5, 8.6