Programming knowledge, primarily in Java, is mandatory

Simulation is a major tool for gaining knowledge about systems and their behavior. It can be used to gain system understanding and prediction future system status. The module covers mathematical basic as well a basic simulation technology. The module completes itself by addressing application examples. By seminar and practical work, the students get hands on experience of simulation technologies.
Professional competence
The students:

• get an overview on methods, tools and application areas of simulation. They know what simulation can do and what are its limitation. Covered application are mainly in transportation and production domain.

Methodological competence
The students:

• know simulation technologies and model building basics
• understand the handling of time and problems of discretization.
• can solve problems with simulation after lecture. This includes modelling, use of simulation environment and evaluation of results.
• will be learned cause of practical use, the independent handling of research questions and the use of simulation as research method

Social competence
The students:

• gain team and social skills by self-organized development of simulation.

Self-competence
The students:

• can apply simulation technologies on scientific research questions.

In lectures the students get background information and simulation basics. Then they apply their knowledge by developing an own simulation by using state of the art simulation environments

• Bungart, H. J., Zimmer, S., Bucholz, M., & Pflüger, D. (2013). Modellbildung und Simulation.
• Bartholomae, F., & Wiens, M. (2016). Spieltheorie: ein anwendungsorientiertes Lehrbuch. Springer-Verlag.
• Banks, J., CARSON II, J. S., & Barry, L. (2010). Discrete-event system simulation fifth edition. Pearson.
• Wooldridge, M. (2009). An introduction to multiagent systems. John Wiley & Sons.on für wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen kritisch zu hinterfragen

Registration 2 weeks after the start of lectures

Seminar / Project report