The course deals with all the important aspects of discrete event system simulation with particular emphasis on applications in manufacturing, services and computing. This course is meant for an upper level undergraduate or master’s level introduction to modeling and simulation techniques for discrete event systems.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
It is a Elective Course for U.G./P.G./MBA/Ph.D.
PRE-REQUISITES
Statistics and Probability, Operations Research.
INDUSTRIES THAT WILL RECOGNIZE THIS COURSE
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1067 students have enrolled already!!
INSTRUCTOR DETAILS
Dr Pradeep K. Jha is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at IIT Roorkee. He has taught the course on “Modeling and Simulation” to final year undergraduate, post graduate and Ph.D. students of the Department for five years (a semester every year).
COURSE PLAN Week 1
Introduction to Simulation, Concept of system, model and simulation, Components of discrete event simulation Advantages and disadvantages of simulation
Week 2
Statistical models in simulation, Probability distribution functions, Estimation of statistical parameters
Week 3
Characteristic of a queueing system, Simulation of single server queueing system
Week 4
Generation of Random number and Random number Variates , Testing of random numbers
Week 5
Input modeling: Estimation of parameters, Fit tests of distributions
Week 6
Output data analysis for single system: Statistical analysis for terminating and non terminating simulations, Comparing alternative system configurations
Week 7
Verification, validation and credibility of simulation models, Simulation of manufacturing and material handling systems
Week 8
Monte Carlo simulation, Case studies
SUGGESTED READING
Banks, J. and Carson, J. S., “Discrete Event System Simulation”,2009, Prentice Hall. Averill, M. L., and Kelton, W.D., “Simulation Modeling and Analysis”,2006 , McGraw Hill.
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE COURSE
Certification Exam
The exam is optional for a fee.Exams will be on September 24, 2017. Time: Shift 1: 9am-12 noon Shift 2: 2pm-5pm Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course. Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations. The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
Certificate
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score 25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup. It will have the logos of NPTEL and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
