一、課程說明(Course Description)
This course is intended to give an up-to-date treatment of all the important aspects of simulation modeling study and applications, including discrete event simulation methodology, introduction of simulation languages, and statistical aspects of simulation.

二、指定用書(Text Books)

林則孟, "系統模擬理論與應用", 滄海書局, 2001
Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, and Barry L. Nelson, Discrete Event System Simulation, 3rd edition, Prentice Hall International Editions, 2001.

三、參考書籍(References)

Law, Averill M. and Kelton, W. D., Simulation Modeling and Analysis, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 2000.

四、教學方式(Teaching Method)

上課, 討論與作業

五、教學進度(Syllabus)

------- Part I 觀念篇 -------
1.Class Introduction
What is Simulation?
Why Simulate?
Simulation Products
2 How Does Simulation Work?
------- Part II 技術篇 -------
3.Discrete Event Modeling - Event Scheduling
4.Discrete Event Modeling - Three-Phase
5.Simulation Software - eM-Plant初步
6.Simulation Software - eM-Plant中階
7.Simulation Software - eM-Plant中階– Simtalk語法
8.Random Number Generation
9.Random Variate Generation
10.Output Analysis
11.Input Probability Distributions
------- Part III 管理篇 -------
12.Validation and Verification
13.Conducting a Successful Simulation Project
14.Term project presentation


六、成績考核(Evaluation)

3 Mini-project 50% Exam 25%
1 Term Project 25% Class Participation 5%


七、可連結之網頁位址

參考網址:
http://cimlab.ie.nthu.edu.tw/Simulation/index.html