Study-unit COMPUTER SIMULATION

Course name Informatics
Study-unit Code 55016406
Curriculum Comune a tutti i curricula
Lecturer Sergio Tasso
Lecturers
  • Sergio Tasso
Hours
  • 42 ore - Sergio Tasso
CFU 6
Course Regulation Coorte 2023
Supplied 2024/25
Supplied other course regulation
Learning activities Affine/integrativa
Area Attività formative affini o integrative
Sector INF/01
Type of study-unit Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Definition of systems and models. How to build models. Model simulation. Discrete-event simulator. Queueing theory. Networks of queues. Generating random variates. Analysis of the output and validation of a simulation model. Algorithms for distributed/parallel simulation systems.
Reference texts Averill M. Law, W. David Kelton: Simulation Modeling and Analysis - Third edition, McGraw-Hill (2000)
Donald Gross, Carl N. Harris: Queueing Theory - Third edition, Wiley Interscience (1998)
K.S. Trivedi, Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queueing and Computer Applications,Second edition, Prentice Hall (2002)
Richard M. Fujimoto: Parallel and Distributed Simulation Systems, Wiley Interscience (2000).
Teacher's Lecture notes
Educational objectives To provide students with methodologies and tools for the design, implementation and validation of simulation models
Prerequisites None
Teaching methods Face-to-face + Laboratory
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Learning verification modality Written exam + Oral exam (project delivery)
Extended program Definition of systems and models. How to build models?
Model simulation.
Discrete-event simulator.
Queueing theory. Networks of queues.
Generating random variates.
Analysis of the output and validation of a simulation model.
Algorithms for distributed/parallel simulation systems