Topics list for CS-470: Modeling & Simulation

Types of Models:

• Prescriptive or Descriptive
• Discrete or Continuous
• Probabilistic or Deterministic
• Static or Dynamic
• Open Loop or Closed Loop
• Exogenous/Endogenous variables
• Event Graphs
• Output Analysis

Statistics:

• Probability Density Functions
• Cumulative Density Functions
• Standard, Normal, Exponential distributions
• Probability Theory
• St. Petersburg Paradox

Monte Carlo Simulation

• Buffon’s Needle Experiment

Discrete Event Simulation

• Markov Processes
• Markov Chains
• Markov Equations for M/M/1
• Single-Queue, Single-Server
• Multi-Queue, Single-Server
• Multi-Queue, Multi-Server
• Queuing Network Models
• Communication Network Models
• Little’s Law

Analytic Inventory Models

• Static Inventory Models
• Dynamic Inventory Models
• Newspaper Boy problem

Continuous Models

• Traditional vs. AI models
• Fuzzy Logic Systems
• Basics of Neural Networks