NDLI: Teaching introductory simulation in 1996: from the first assignment to the final presentation

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lorenz, P. Schriber, T.J.
Copyright Year	1996
Description	Author affiliation: Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg (Lorenz, P.)
Abstract	Rapid developments in computing and simulation are providing continuing challenges for the design and delivery of courses in discrete-event simulation. Such courses not only need to keep up with relevant developments, but also have the potential for taking advantage of some of the developments in the structuring of the courses. For example, animation can be the topic initially taken up in a course that covers both simulation and animation. We report here on a teaching approach in which a simulation course starts with the topic of animation, then introduces the programming-language subset of a modeling language to support animation at a fundamental level, then returns to animation to introduce more sophisticated aspects of that material, then goes back to the modeling language to investigate the modeling of queuing networks, and so on. Introducing animation first has the effect of capturing intense student interest and dedication at the outset of the course and has the additional benefit of helping students visualize and deal with parallel processes of the type they will be studying and modeling later in the course. Recent technological developments are further reflected by including a World Wide Web-based support system in the course.
Starting Page	1379
Ending Page	1386
File Size	886728
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780333837
DOI	10.1109/WSC.1996.873451
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1996-12-08
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Winter Simulation Conf. Board of Dir.
Subject Keyword	Education Computational modeling Animation Discrete event simulation Computer simulation Context modeling Statistics Computer science Software tools Informatics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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