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INFORMS Teaching of Management Science Workshop

The document discusses a workshop on teaching simulation. It provides information about the presenter's background in teaching simulation courses at different levels. It asks attendees questions about their simulation teaching, including the types of programs and students, course length and goals, and software used. The presentation covers topics in simulation modeling and methodology. It provides examples of a queueing model and economic order quantity model to illustrate simulation concepts. It poses discussion questions about student preparation, topic sequencing, and active learning techniques.

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INFORMS Teaching of Management Science Workshop

The document discusses a workshop on teaching simulation. It provides information about the presenter's background in teaching simulation courses at different levels. It asks attendees questions about their simulation teaching, including the types of programs and students, course length and goals, and software used. The presentation covers topics in simulation modeling and methodology. It provides examples of a queueing model and economic order quantity model to illustrate simulation concepts. It poses discussion questions about student preparation, topic sequencing, and active learning techniques.

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INFORMS Teaching of

Management Science
Workshop
Teaching Simulation
Andy Seila University of
Georgia

About Me

Training: OR (not business)


Simulation Courses

Undergrad, MBA, Masters in MS, PhD


Full courses
Module in Man. Science course
Single lecture in specialized course

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About You

In what type of program do you


teach?

Business
Industrial Engineering
OR
Math
Other
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About Your Simulation


Course

In what degree program is your


simulation course taught?

Undergrad
MBA
MS or MA or specialized masters
PhD
Other
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About Your Simulation


Course

What is the length of your


simulation course?

Full Semester
Several weeks
One or two weeks
One or two classes
Other
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About Your Students

What is the probability and


statistics background of your
students?

Prob. and stat, multiple courses


Prob. and stat, one course each
Prob., no stat
Stat, no prob.
None
Other
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What is simulation?
Work in a group of 2 or 3, and write
down a definition or description of
simulation.

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What is simulation?
Simulation: A sampling experiment
done on a (digital) computer.
Has a (stochastic) model.
Requires data analysis.
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Analysis of an Office
Building Project
Goal: sensitivity analysis
What do we want the students to
learn from this example?

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About Your Simulation


Course

Primary goal

Literacy
Build simple models
Develop modeling and problem
solving skills
Learn simulation methodology
Other
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About Your Simulation


Course

Software used
Spreadsheet
With @RISK or Crystal Ball?
With some other add-in?
Just the spreadsheet?

Discrete event simulation package


like Arena
Other
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Poptools

Free set of spreadsheet tools


Random variate generation
http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/index.
htm

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A Stochastic Model

Parameters
Decisions

MODEL

Outputs

Random
Variates
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An Example EOQ
Model
This example shows all parts of the modeling,
analysis and decision making processes.
Cost = Ce*(supply demand) if supply > demand
= Cs*(demand supply) if supply <=
demand
Demand ~ Erlang(4, 2)
What is mean cost, given the order quantity?
Model has a solution: F(Q)=Cs/(Ce+Cs)
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Simulation: Topics

Models and modeling


How to create and implement a model.

Random variates and random phenomena


Concepts and sampling methods.

Simulation
How to sample the behavior of the system and do
replications.

Output data analysis


How to estimate performance measures from output
data.

Decision making
Using the estimates to choose decisions.
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Simulation - Topics

Other topics:

Input data analysis


Financial models
Dependent processes (queueing,
inventory, etc.)
Discrete event simulation

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Another Example
Queueing Model

This model shows how to simulate


a random process.

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Discussion Questions

Are students prepared to take the


simulation course?
What background topics should
you cover early in the course?

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Discussion Questions

What is the best order of


presentation?
Cover each technique, then put
them together?
Jump into an application, then
backup and cover the methodology?

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Active Learning

How can we incorporate active


learning in the class?
What types of exercises can be
used?

Students have a spreadsheet


We dont have a way to show each
students work to the class
Google spreadsheets?
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Thank you!
[email protected]
www.terry.uga.edu/~seila/tms2006/

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