Simulation
Code
8509
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Matemática
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Maria Isabel Azevedo Rodrigues Gomes
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Subject matter
- Introduction, terminology and basic concepts
- Simulation with spreadsheets (Excel and Excel Visual Basic)
- NPA Generation Methods
- Experimental design and statistical analysis of results; number of simulations; Stopping Criteria; Model calibration; Validation
- Introduction to simulation software
- Applications
Bibliography
Banks, J., Carson, J. S., Nelson, B. L., & Nicol, D. M. (2013). Discrete-event system simulation: Pearson new international edition. Pearson Higher Ed.
Evaluation method
A student has to attend to a minimun of 2/3 of held lessons. Otherwise, the student will be excluded from evaluation and will fail.
During the semester there will one mid-term test (graded 12 points each), an oral presentation (graded 2 points), and a group project (graded 6 points).
A student will succeed if the sum of the grades of all the above mentioned elements is greater or equal to 10 points.
A student who fails on the previous evaluation, can try to succeed on the Final Examination.
A student will succeed if the grade on the Final Examination is greather or equal to 10 points.