Text:Discrete-Event System Simulation, 2nd ed., Jerry Banks, John S. Carson, II, and Barry L. Nelson, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1996.
Course Description: In content, approximately one fourth of this class is a programming language class for a discrete event simula- tion language. The other three fourths address impor- tant issues of discrete event simulation including ran- dom number generation, random variate generation, model life cycle issues, model validation, input and output data analysis, trends in simulation, and statistical problems associated with discrete event simulation. Five programming assignments will be made, three in C, C++ or Pascal (the student's choice), two in CSIM17, In addition, the class requires a term project. A small part of the effort in the term project, probably less than one fourth, will involve programming. Other aspects of the project are model definition, input data collection, output analysis and validation and a pro- ject report.