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IB320-15 Simulation

Department
Warwick Business School
Level
Undergraduate Level 3
Module leader
Salimeh Pour Mohammad
Credit value
15
Module duration
10 weeks
Assessment
Multiple
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

This is an elective module available for WBS and non-WBS students. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

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Module aims

Simulation is one of the most commonly used operational research methods for analysing complex operational/ industrial problems. This module will focus on discrete event simulation. Students will learn the theoretical underpinnings of the methods and the range of applications for which they are useful. They will gain practical experience in problem solving using commercial simulation software.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Topics covered include:

  • The discrete-event simulation method.
  • Software for discrete-event simulation (with use of a specific package e.g. Simul8 or Witness).
  • Performing a simulation study (conceptual modelling, data collection and analysis, experimentation, verification and validation).

Workshops will provide the opportunity for supervised exercises and help students develop their own computer based simulation programmes. During the workshops students will be asked to investigate a particular industrial/operational problem using the guide sheet provided. They should develop a suitable simulation model using Simul8. The students will learn how to do conceptual modelling, implement their model, use data to analyse their model, validate and verify their model, and reflect on their result, etc....

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate the nature and application of discrete-event simulation and know how to experiment with it.
  • Analyse data and present it in an intelligible form.

Indicative reading list

  • Simulation, The Practice of Model Development and Use, Stewart Robinson, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

  • Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Avril M Law, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

  • Conceptual Modeling for Discrete-Event Simulation, Edited by Stewart Robinson, Roger Brooks, Kathy Kotiadis, Durk-Jouke Van Der Zee, Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010.

  • Simul8 Websites:
    http://www.simul8.com/

These are the preferred texts as the most suitable for this topic (the subject matters changes little over time).

Subject specific skills

Develop and use a simulation for investigating a problem situation.

Transferable skills

Develop a working knowledge of a discrete event simulation software package.
Work in groups to solve problems cooperatively.
Communicate effectively.

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 10 sessions of 1 hour (7%)
Seminars 9 sessions of 1 hour (6%)
Online learning (independent) 10 sessions of 1 hour (7%)
Private study 47 hours (31%)
Assessment 74 hours (49%)
Total 150 hours

Private study description

Private study.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A3
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Group Assignment 20% 15 hours No

Group Assignment 1500 words
Individual Assignment 70% 51 hours Yes (extension)
Participation 10% 8 hours No
Assessment group R3
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Individual Assignment 30% Yes (extension)

Individual Assignment to replace group work and participation
Individual Assignment 70% Yes (extension)
Feedback on assessment

Feedback via my.wbs.

Pre-requisites

Non-WBS students must have taken an equivalent statistics module to IB122 Business Analytics.

To take this module, you must have passed:

Courses

This module is Optional for:

  • UIBA-N20B BSc in Management
    • Year 3 of N20B Management
    • Year 3 of N20B Management
    • Year 3 of N23K Management with Accounting
    • Year 3 of N234 Management with Digital Business
    • Year 3 of N235 Management with Entrepreneurship
    • Year 3 of N232 Management with Finance
    • Year 3 of N252 Management with Marketing
    • Year 3 of N23L Management with Strategy and Organisation
  • Year 3 of UIBA-N400 Undergraduate Accounting and Finance
  • UIBA-N404 Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year and Placement/Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
    • Year 5 of N4N7 Accounting and Finance (Foundation Year and Intercalated)
    • Year 5 of N404 Accounting and Finance (Foundation Year and Placement)
    • Year 5 of N405 Accounting and Finance (Foundation Year and UPP)
    • Year 5 of N403 Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year)
  • Year 4 of UIBA-N403 Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Foundation Year)
  • UIBA-N401 Undergraduate Accounting and Finance (with Placement Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
    • Year 4 of N401 Accounting and Finance (Placement)
    • Year 4 of N402 Accounting and Finance (Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
  • Year 3 of UCSA-I1N1 Undergraduate Computer Science with Business Studies
  • Year 4 of UCSA-I1NA Undergraduate Computer Science with Business Studies (with Intercalated Year)
  • Year 1 of UIOA-EEU Undergraduate EU Exchange
  • Year 3 of UECA-L1N2 Undergraduate Economics and Management
  • Year 4 of UECA-L1N3 Undergraduate Economics and Management (with Intercalated Year)
  • Year 4 of UGEA-RN21 Undergraduate German and Business Studies
  • Year 3 of UIPA-L8N1 Undergraduate Global Sustainable Development and Business
  • Year 4 of UIPA-L8N2 Undergraduate Global Sustainable Development and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year)
  • UIBA-N20F Undergraduate International Management
    • Year 4 of N20F International Management
    • Year 4 of N20F International Management
    • Year 4 of N20S International Management (with Accounting)
    • Year 4 of N20T International Management (with Chinese)
    • Year 4 of N20P International Management (with Entrepreneurship)
    • Year 4 of N20M International Management (with Finance)
    • Year 4 of N20U International Management (with French)
    • Year 4 of N20L International Management (with Marketing)
    • Year 4 of N20V International Management (with Spanish)
    • Year 4 of N20W International Management (with Strategy and Organisation)
    • Year 4 of N20N International Management with Digital Business
    • Year 4 of N20E Management (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N234 Management with Digital Business
  • UIBA-N220 Undergraduate International Management (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N220 International Management (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N221 International Management with Accounting (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N226 International Management with Chinese (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N223 International Management with Digital Business (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N224 International Management with Entrepreneurship (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N222 International Management with Finance (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N227 International Management with French (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N225 International Management with Marketing (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N228 International Management with Spanish (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N229 International Management with Strategy and Organisation (with Foundation Year)
  • UIBA-N20J Undergraduate Management (with Foundation Year and Placement Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
    • Year 5 of N20J Management (Foundation Year and Placement)
    • Year 5 of N20K Management (Foundation Year and UPP)
    • Year 5 of N23H Management with Digital Business (with Foundation Year and Placement Year)
    • Year 5 of N23J Management with Entrepreneurship (with Foundation Year and Placement Year)
    • Year 5 of N23G Management with Finance (with Foundation Year and Placement Year)
    • Year 5 of N255 Management with Marketing (with Foundation Year and Placement Year)
  • UIBA-N20E Undergraduate Management (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N20E Management (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N23N Management with Accounting (with Foundation Year and Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N23M Management with Accounting (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N23E Management with Digital Business (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N23F Management with Entrepreneurship (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N23D Management with Finance (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N252 Management with Marketing
    • Year 4 of N254 Management with Marketing (with Foundation Year)
    • Year 4 of N23P Management with Strategy and Organisation (with Foundation Year)
  • UIBA-N20C Undergraduate Management (with Placement Year/Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
    • Year 4 of N20M International Management (with Finance)
    • Year 4 of N20B Management
    • Year 4 of N20D Management (Undergraduate Partnership Programme)
    • Year 4 of N20C Management (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N20Q Management with Accounting (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N236 Management with Digital Business (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N237 Management with Entrepreneurship (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N232 Management with Finance
    • Year 4 of N233 Management with Finance (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N253 Management with Marketing (with Placement Year)
    • Year 4 of N23L Management with Strategy and Organisation
    • Year 4 of N20R Management with Strategy and Organisation (with Placement Year)
  • Year 3 of UMAA-G1NC Undergraduate Mathematics and Business Studies
  • Year 4 of UMAA-G1N2 Undergraduate Mathematics and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year)
  • USTA-Y602 Undergraduate Mathematics,Operational Research,Statistics and Economics
    • Year 2 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
    • Year 2 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
    • Year 3 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
    • Year 3 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
    • Year 4 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
    • Year 4 of Y602 Mathematics,Operational Research,Stats,Economics
  • UIOA-EOS Undergraduate Overseas Exchange
    • Year 1 of UEOS Undergraduate Overseas Exchange
    • Year 1 of UEOS Undergraduate Overseas Exchange
  • Year 4 of UPXA-F3ND Undergraduate Physics and Business Studies (with Intercalated Year)
  • Year 3 of UPXA-F3N2 Undergraduate Physics with Business Studies
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