Systems Simulation. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

Prerequisites: an undergraduate or graduate course in probability theory and statistics, and working knowledge of at least one higher-level language. An introduction to the simulation of systems, with emphasis on underlying probabilistic and statistical methodologies for discrete-event simulations. Design of simulation applications, and simulation programming in a high-level language. Algorithms for the generation of pseudorandom numbers. Algorithmic methodologies for the simulation of discrete and continuous probabilistic processes. Use of statistical tools. Simulation of queuing systems. Applications of simulation to a variety of system studies. The special purpose simulation language GPSS is studied in detail.