Module 7

▪ Uses and model to develop conclusions providing insight on the behavior of real-world systems being studied

▪ Fortune tellers and prophets

Uses the same concept but requires the model to be created through computer programming

A method named _____ _______ was developed by researchers (John von Neumann, Stanislaw Ulan, Edward Teller, Herman Kahn) and physicists working on a Manhattan project to study neutron scattering

The first special-purpose simulation languages were developed, such as _______ by Harry Markowitz at the RAND Corporation

consist of the following components: system entities, input variables, performance measures, and functional relationships

is the process of making a representation of objects or situations

using a computer to ‘model’ situations to see how they are likely to work out if you do different things

used in a multitude of situations involving engineering and scientific projects

can be an expensive, time consuming and complicated problem-solving technique

can be used when Real system does not yet exist and building a prototype is cost prohibitive, timeconsuming or hazardous

is required to analyze long periods of time in compressed format

has no practical analytical or numeric solution

Changing the line in production

Adding a new equipment

Allows to understand how the system really operates without working on real-time systems

Allows to make changes into the system and their effect on the output without working on real-time systems

Allows to determine the system requirements by applying different configurations

Allows to perform bottleneck analysis that causes delay in the work process, information, etc

Certain systems are so complex that it is not easy to understand their interaction at a time. However, Modelling & Simulation allows to understand all the interactions and analyze their effect. Additionally, new policies, operations, and procedures can be explored without affecting the real system