PSYCHOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
INE4011 | System Simulation | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA ÖZBAYRAK |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA ÖZBAYRAK RA ESRA ADIYEKE Prof. Dr. FAİK TUNÇ BOZBURA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This course is designed for junior level Industrial Engineering and close disciplines' students to give the fundamental concepts of modelling and analysis of discrete systems. The course aims to provide rigorous input and output analyses of the simulation model created using the statistical and probabilistic concepts as well as modelling the discrete systems, with the examples from both manufacturing and service systems using a general purpose simulation software. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Recognize the basic principles of simulation modeling. II. Define and use appropriate performance metrics when modeling a system. III. Recognize the basic concepts of a discrete event simulation model including model components, flowchart, and event list. IV. Collect and manage performance measurement data. V. Data collection or production from a sample data set. Statistical analysis of the sample data to estimate or approximate the probabilistic distribution and its parameters. VI. Modelling and analysis of discrete event simulation models of both manufacturing and service systems using generic simulation program called ARENA. VII. Developing simulation models that address critical research issues and/or industrial systems. VIII. Recognizing how a computer simulation program can be used to model complex systems and solve related decision problems under different working conditions, which are presented through several what-if scenarios and analyses. IX. Running a simulation model under different scenarios through either short-term but with consecutive replications or one very long run to get turely random output and their statistical analyses. X. Apply a simulation project from start to finish following the stages, data collection or generation, designing the model, building the model, creating the working scenarios, running the simulation with multiple replications and statistical analyses of the output generated. |
This course is an alternative modelling method to mathematical optimization to model the complex systems. This course aims to teach the fundamental principles of simulation modelling, its steps, data creation, design and create a simulation model with the help of a simulation software, running the model under different system scenarios, obtaining the output as well as analysing and reporting output. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Simulation modeling | |
2) | A guided tour of modelling steps in Simulation. | |
3) | Statistics and Probability for Simulation Modelling I | |
4) | Statistics and Probability for Simulation Modelling II | |
5) | Modelling a simple system using ARENA | |
6) | System Modelling I | |
7) | System Modelling II | |
8) | Selecting the Input Analysis I | |
9) | Selecting Input Probability Distribution II | |
10) | System Modelling I | |
11) | Random Number Generation and Animasions | |
12) | Modelling Complex Systems | |
13) | Output Analysis | |
14) | Output Analysis II | |
15) | Entity Transfer in Modelling | |
16) | Simulation of Manufacturing Systems |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | W. D. Kelton, R. P. Sadowski, D. T. Sturrock, Simulation with Arena-6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2015. J. Banks, J. S. Carson II, B. L. Nelson, D.M. Nicol, Discrete-Event System Simulation, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010. |
References: | Lecture Notes and supporting materials collected from several academic resources as well as company reports and white papers. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 4 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 28 |
Laboratory | 14 | 28 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 13 | 34 |
Project | 3 | 9 |
Homework Assignments | 2 | 6 |
Quizzes | 2 | 18 |
Midterms | 1 | 10 |
Final | 1 | 12 |
Total Workload | 145 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To develop an interest in the human mind and behavior, to be able to evaluate theories using empirical findings, to understand that psychology is an evidence-based science by acquiring critical thinking skills. | |
2) | To gain a biopsychosocial perspective on human behavior. To understand the biological, psychological, and social variables of behavior. | |
3) | To learn the basic concepts in psychology and the theoretical and practical approaches used to study them (e.g. basic observation and interview techniques). | |
4) | To acquire the methods and skills to access and write information using English as the dominant language in the psychological literature, to recognize and apply scientific research and data evaluation techniques (e.g. correlational, experimental, cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, case studies). | |
5) | To be against discrimination and prejudice; to have ethical concerns while working in research and practice areas. | |
6) | To recognize the main subfields of psychology (experimental, developmental, clinical, cognitive, social and industrial/organizational psychology) and their related fields of study and specialization. | |
7) | To acquire the skills necessary for analyzing, interpreting and presenting the findings as well as problem posing, hypothesizing and data collection, which are the basic elements of scientific studies. | |
8) | To gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary for psychological assessment and evaluation. | |
9) | To acquire basic knowledge of other disciplines (medicine, genetics, biology, economics, sociology, political science, communication, philosophy, anthropology, literature, law, art, etc.) that will contribute to psychology and to use this knowledge in the understanding and interpretation of psychological processes. | |
10) | To develop sensitivity towards social problems; to take responsibility in activities that benefit the field of psychology and society. | |
11) | To have problem solving skills and to be able to develop the necessary analytical approaches for this. | |
12) | To be able to criticize any subject in business and academic life and to be able to express their thoughts. |