RWTH Aachen Summer Simulation Seminar 2014


Lecturer
  • Dr Peer-Olaf Siebers (School of Computer Science, Nottingham University, UK) [url]

Host
  • RWTH Aachen DFG-Graduiertenkolleg: Anlaufmanagement (GRK1491) [url]

Summary of Content

Simulation is becoming increasingly popular as a decision support tool in Operations Research and Management Science (OR/MS) as well as in Controlling. This can be accounted to the recent increase in data availability and improvements of speed in computer hardware.

While analytical methods are good in expressing static dependencies between variables, simulation helps to better understand the dynamic behaviour of the processes currently in place and shows the consequences of changes to these processes over time. Besides its standard application of studying the operations of a system simulation has more recently also gained attention as a useful tool for studying the behaviour of people in human centred service systems.

Please Note: An updated version of slides/models can be found here [url].


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Lectures
  • Day 1: Introduction to Modelling and Simulation
    1. Lecture: Introduction to Modelling and Simulation [slides] [models]
    2. Lecture: Foundations of Simulation Modelling [slides] [models]
    3. Lecture: Conceptual Modelling [slides]
    4. Practice: AnyLogic Introduction (in pairs) [slides] [models]

  • Day 2: Application of Modelling and Simulation Methods
    1. Practice: Java Basics + First Model (in pairs) [slides] [models] [handout]
    2. Lecture: SDS Modelling [slides] [models]
    3. Group Activity: Conceptual Modelling (in small groups) [handout]
    4. Lecture: DES Modelling [slides] [models] [handout]
    5. Practice: SDS or DES Tutorials (in pairs) [slides]

  • Day 3: Application of Modelling and Simulation Methods
    1. Group Activity: Focus Group (in small groups) [slides]
    2. Lecture: ABS Modelling + Hybrids [slides] [models]
    3. Practice: ABS Tutorial 1: Wind Turbine Maintenance (in pairs) [slides]
    4. Practice: Exploring the AnyLogic Model Library (optional) [slides]

  • Day 4: Knowledge Gathering
    1. Practice: ABS Tutorial 2: Blob World (in pairs) [slides] [models]
    2. Lecture: Input Modelling / Experimentation / Output Analysis [slides] [models]
    3. Group Activity: Discussion of your own project ideas (whole group)
    4. Lecture: Model Verification and Validation [slides] [models]
    5. Feedback

Recommended Reading
  • {General} Borshchev (2013) The Big Book of Simulation Modeling. Multimethod Modeling with AnyLogic 6
  • {SDs} Morecroft (2007) Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics: A Feedback Systems Approach (3e)
  • {DES} Robinson (2004) Simulation: The Practice of Model Development
  • {DES/ABS} Allen (2011) Introduction to Discrete Event Simulation and Agent-Based Modelling
  • {ABS} Gilbert and Troitzsch (2005) Simulation for the Social Scientist (2e)
  • {Programming} Sierra and Bates (2009) Head First Java (2e)

Useful Links (in no particular order)
  • Peer's simulation module G54SIM website [url]
  • Peer's publications [url]
  • Peer's resources [url]
  • Peer's paper related to object oriented Agent-Based Modelling [url]
  • Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings [url]
  • European Social Simulation Association (ESSA) [url]
  • ESSA@work [url]
  • ESSA Summer School 2013 [url]
  • Antuela's paper related to "Expert Validation" [url]
  • AnyLogic Articles [url]
  • AnyLogic Article "From System Dynamics and Discrete Event to Practical Agent Based Modeling" [url]
  • AnyLogic Article "How to Build a Combined Model in AnyLogic" [url]
  • The New Boston: Java for Beginners [url]
  • AnyTips: Workshop website with some sample models [url]
  • Leigh Tesfatsion: Agent-Based Computational Economics [url]
  • Centre for Research in Social Simulation - CRESS [url]
  • System Dynamics Society [url]
  • System Dynamics Conference Proceedings [url]
  • Nathaniel Osgood: Agent-Based Modeling for Healthcare Policy (using AnyLogic) [url]
  • Network for Integrated Behavioural Science (NIBS) [url]
  • Behavioural Economics Meets object oriented Simulation Special Interest Group (BEMooSSIG) [url]
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