VI Summer School 2012: Simulation applied to environmental and social systems

Detailed outline:
 

Day

Session

 

Outline

16

1 Theory

9:30 to 11:30

Introduction: Some examples of real projects.

System Dynamics: Continuous processes.

16

1 Practical Lab

12:00 to 14:00

Working with VenSim.

17

2Theory

9:30 to 11:30

GIS data and Cellular automata.

17

2 Practical Lab

12:00 to 14:00

Working with SDLPS.

18

3 Theory

9:30 to 11:30

Characterizing data input randomness.

18

3 Practical Lab

12:00 to 14:00

Characterizing data input randomness.

19

4 Theory

9:30 to 11:30

Intelligent agents.

19

4 Practical Lab

12:00 to 14:00

Working with Agent sheets and SDLPS.

20

5 Theory

9:30 to 11:30

Parallel simulation.

20

5 Practical Lab

12:00 to 14:00

Working with Agent sheets and SDLPS.

 

Evaluation method:

A practical exercise, to be delivered at the end of the course.

Bibliography:

[1] Averill M. Law and W. David Kelton, Simulation Modeling and Analysis.: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
[2] Averill M. Law, "How to build valid and credible simulation models," in Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, 2005.
[3] R. M. Fujimoto, "Parallel simulation: parallel and distributed simulation systems," in Winter Simulation Conference, 2001, pp. 147-157.
[4] Telecommunication standardization sector of ITU. (1999) Series Z: Languages and general software aspects for telecommunication systems. [Online]. http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/languages/index.html
[5] Lauren Doldi, Validation of Communications Systems with SDL: The Art of SDL Simulation and Reachability Analysis.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2003.
[6] B.P. Zeigler, H. Praehofer, and D. Kim, Theory of Modeling and Simulation.: Academic Press, 2000.
[7] J. L. Peterson, Petri Net Theory and the Modeling of Systems.: Prentice-Hall, 1981.
[8] Pau Fonseca i Casas and Josep Casanovas, "JGPSS, an Open Source GPSS Framework to Teach Simulation," in Procediings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2009, Austin, 2009.
[9] Ingolf Ståhl, "WEBGPSS: THE FIRST TWO HOURS OF SIMULATION EDUCATION," in Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference, 2004.
[10] Ingolf Ståhl, "GPSS - 40 years of development," in Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, 2001, pp. 577-585.
[11] Robert Crain, "Simulation using GPSS/H," in Proceedings of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference, 1997.
[12] W. David Kelton, Jeffrey S. Smith, and David T. Sturrock, Simio and Simulation: Modeling, Analysis, Applications, Second Edition ed.: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

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SIM - (US) Continuous simulation - Pau Fonseca i Casas.pdf1.7 MB
GIS - (US) Introducction - Pau Fonseca i Casas.pdf982.61 KB
Characterizing Data Input Randomness.pdf688.76 KB
SIM - (US) GIS and Simulation - Pau Fonseca i Casas v1.pdf2.25 MB

Pau Fonseca i Casas
Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTECH
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Barcelona, 08034, SPAIN

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