Masterstudium Business Informatics - Fakultät für Informatik, TU Wien

BIN/MOS - Modeling and Simulation
ECTS-Credits: 6.0
Summary: This module oers a compact introduction into the art of modeling and into
the technique of simulation. Students learn how to perform a simulation study correctly
following all necessary steps from data acquisition, (mathematical) modeling, implementation,
validation, identication, and result analysis. Dierent modeling techniques (from
dierential and dierence equations via cellular automata to soft computing-based modeling
techniques and discrete event modeling) are compared and appraised with respect
to data availability. Using standard and experimental simulation systems students work
on case studies in various application areas (from economics via production to physics
and health care).
Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge:
Skills:
• Dierent methods for modeling dynamical processes
• Choose of an appropriate model with respect to the available data
• Technical knowledge to compare dierent possible modeling approaches and to
decide for the most appropriate approach with respect to data and modeling goal
• Skills trained cognitive and practically to perform a simulation study correctly,
from denition and modeling via software choice and implementation and via
model identication and model validation up to experiment design, experiment
execution, and result analysis
Competences:
• Communication with experts in various application areas in order to gather information
for appropriate modeling and for appropriate simulation documentation
• Innovation in formulating dependencies in the model and for the design of communication
of appropriate and creative results
Syllabus: The module consists of partly independent lecture parts, which introduce into
the technique of a simulations study, which impart knowledge for dierent modeling approaches
and for appropriate and practical implementations (supported by an e-learning
system), and which emphasize on model validation and identication.
• Introduction into the technique of a simulation study sketching all steps from
mathematical modeling via implementation and validation until experiment design
and experiment execution
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