Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Department of Business Administration


Chair of Production and Operations Management
(Lehrstuhl für Produktion und Logistik)

040669 PR KFK PM/SCM/TL Praktikum Simulation I


Tentative Schedule (check for updates)
Slides and further course material  will be available for download and will be made available throughout the semester. The download of slides is password-protected. You'll need to provide your unet-user (aXXXXXXX) and your unet-password.
I used Microsoft Office 2007 in order to create them. In case you're encountering any difficulties opening these type of files you should download the Micosoft Office Compatibility Pack (for more information click here english, german)

Lesson 1 Vorbesprechung & Introduction to Simulation
Date October 7, 2010
Topics
  • administrative
    • outline general procedure (grading policy, topics to be covered, etc.)
  • introduction to simulation
    • what is simulation?
    • why doing simulation?
    • modeling
    • different kinds of simulation
    • the buffon needle problem
    • discrete event simulation
  • review of basic probability and statistics
    • distributions, random numbers, summary statistics
    • simple linear/multiple regression analysis
required readings Chapter 1 [Basic Simulation Modeling]
Chapter 4 [Review of Basic Probability and Statistics]
in Simulation Modeling & Analysis by Averill M. Law
[Kopiervorlage im WiWi-Center]
recommended readings Statistik im Studium der Wirtschaftswissenschaften,
by Werner Brannath & Andreas Futschik
[you'll find this book in the library]
Slides 1 - Intro into Simulation.pptx
2 - Statistics.pptx
Homework install and register AnyLogic on your computer/laptop (you'll get the instructions by email)
2 - Statistics_hw.txt   (data file: 2 - Statistics_hw.xlsx)

Lesson 2 Statistics
Date October 14, 2010
Topics
  • regression analysis
  • input probability distributions
  • random-number gernators
required readings Chapter 6 [Selecting Input Probability Distributions] (Sections 6.1 - 6.6)
Chapter 7 [Random-Number Generators]
in Simulation Modeling & Analysis by Averill M. Law
[Kopiervorlage im WiWi-Center]
Slides 2 - Statistics_Part2.pptx
3 - Input Probability Distributions.pptx
4 - RNG and Probs.pptx
Homework 2 - Statistics_Part2_hw.txt   (data file: 2 - Statistics_Part2_hw.xlsx)
3 - Input Probability Distributions_hw.txt   (data file: 3 - Input Probability Distributions_hw.xlsx)
4 - RNG and Probs.txt  

Lesson 3 Queueing Theory
Date October 21, 2010
Topics
  • Introduction
  • Little's Law
  • state diagram and steady-state probabilities
  • M/M/1
  • M/M/s
  • M/M/s with finite queue
  • M/M/s with finite calling population
recommended readings Formelsammlung zum Thema Zahlenfolgen und Summenformeln
zB Mathematische Formelsammlung, von Kraft, Hruby, Bürger & Unfried
Kapitel 13 Zahlenfolgen
required readings Chapter 15 [Queueing Theory] bzw. Kapitel 16 [Warteschlangentheorie]
in Introduction to Operations Research,
by Frederick S. Hillier & Gerald J. Liebermann
[you'll find this book in the library]
Slides 6 - Queuing Theory.pptx
Homework homework_queueing.pdf

Lesson 4 Test #1 (statistics)  + Examples on Queueing Theory
Date October 28, 2010
Topics
  • Examples on Queuing Theory (analytically)
Slides AnyLogic 6 Users Guide (available for download here)
AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Tutorial (available for download here)
AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Reference Guide (available for download here)
Topics for the test everything we've covered so far (except for queuing)


Lesson 5 Test #2 (queuing)  & Intro to AnyLogic
Date November 4, 2010
Topics
  • Intro to AnyLogic
  • Bank Departement Model
    • creating a simple model
    • creating model animation
    • collecting utilization statistics
    • adding custom animation for clients
    • adding teller lines logic
    • collecting customer time statistics
required readings AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Tutorial

Chapter 1 [Working with AnyLogic]
Chapter 2 [AnyLogic Help]
Chapter 3 [Working with Models]
in AnyLogic 6 Users Guide

Chapter 1 [About AnyLogic Enterprise Library]
Chapter 2.1 [Source]
Chapter 2.2 [Sink]
Chapter 2.3 [Delay]
Chapter 2.4 [Queue]
Chapter 2.5 [SelectOutput]
Chapter 2.6 [ResourcePool]
Chapter 2.8 [Service]
in AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Reference Guide
Material AnyLogic 6 Users Guide (available for download here)
AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Tutorial (available for download here)
AnyLogic 6 Enterprise Library Reference Guide (available for download here)
Example In Class (Enterprise Libary Tutorial)


Lesson 6 Java Tutorial + AnyLogic (advanced)
Date November 11, 2010
Slides AnyLogic (advanced feaatures)
AnyLogic Model Development Environment
AnyLogic Java Tutorial
Material Example In Class (advanced)
Solution to previous homework
GasStation (using selectOutput)
GasStation (using set_rate)
TV
Farm (using queue + delay)
Farm (using service)


Lesson 7 Final Exam
Date November 18, 2011
Topics simultion with anylogic
open book (Enterprise Library Reference Guide, User Guide)
template template