Introduction to Simulation

This is the home page for the course "Introduction to Simulation" in the winter term 2024/25. General information on this course can be found here.

Information

  • If you are interested in participating in Simulation Project 2025 you MUST pass Introduction to Simulation.
  • Exam Date: ...
  • 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 15-17 in G29-307 (Graham Horton)
  • Times of the exercises:
    • Monday 11-13 in G29-K059 (Claudia Krull)
    • Tuesday 11-13 in G05-211 (Pascal Krenckel)
  • The exercises will start after the second lecture:
    • Exercise classes start from 28.10.2024
  • 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.

Video

Week Lecture Date Lecture Slides / Recordings
Exercise Date Exercise Class Slides / Recodings
Assignments
1 17.10.

 Organization Information /
 Introduction / Video

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2 24.10. Modelling of ODEs / Video 28.10. / 29.10. Introduction and Planetary Motion / Video Getting to know AnyLogic
3 31.10. Examples of ODEs / Video 04.11. / 05.11.

Continuous Modeling with Boundary Conditions / Video

 
4 07.11. Solving ODEs/ Video 11.11. / 12.11. Continuous Modelling Excercise / Video SIR and Infant Vaccinations
5 14.11. Discrete-Event Simulation / Video 18.11. / 19.11. Events in AnyLogic / Video Adding a Second Counter in the Bank
6 21.11. Random Variables and Random Numbers / Video 25.11. / 26.11. Process Modeling Library and Attributes / Video Glucose and Insulin
7 28.11. Input Modelling / Video 02.12. / 03.12. Input Modelling / Excel File / Video Input Data Analysis
8 05.12. Output Analysis / Video 09.12. / 10.12. Output Analysis / Video Output Analysis
9 12.12. Stochastic Petri Nets / Video 16.12. / 17.12. Stochastic Petri Nets / Video Stochastic Petri Nets
10 19.12. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video 07.01. Agent-based Modelling and Simulation / Video Agent-based Modelling and Simulation
11 09.01. Markov Chains / Video 13.01. / 14.01. DTMCs / Video DTMCs
12 23.01. Verification and Validation / Video 27.01. / 28.01. Storage System / Video  
13 16.01. Comparing Systems / Video 20.01. / 21.01. Comparing Systems / Video  
14 30.01. Kickoff Simulation Project 2025  -  

Simulation Models

Lecture Models

Exercise Models

Course Material

Exam Preparation

Information on Probability Distributions

References

Letzte Änderung: 02.09.2024 - Ansprechpartner: Webmaster