ECTS - System Modeling and Simulation

System Modeling and Simulation (SE360) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
System Modeling and Simulation SE360 Area Elective 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language English
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to introduce fundamental principles and concepts in the general area of systems modeling and simulation
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Recognize the principles of simulation
  • Design and develop simulation models of various types
Course Content Dynamic simulations, Providing custom-made data types, operators and control structures for simulation, model generators, simulation programming landscape, simulation problems.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Introduction to Simulation Chap. 1 (main text)
2 Simulation Examples Chap. 2
3 General Principles and Examples Chap. 3
4 Simulation Software Chap. 4
5 Statistical Models in Simulation Chap. 5
6 Statistical Models in Simulation Chap. 5
7 Queueing Models Chap. 6
8 Queueing Models Generating Chap. 6
9 Random-Number Generation Chap. 7
10 Random-Variate Generation Chap. 8
11 Input Modeling Chap. 9
12 Input Modeling Chap. 9
13 Case study
14 Case study
15 Final Examination Period
16 Final Examination Period

Sources

Course Book 1. Discrete-Event System Simulation (Fourth Edition), Banks, Carson, Nelson, and Nicol, Prentice-Hall, 2005
Other Sources 2. Simulation Modeling and Analysis (Third Edition), Law and Kelton, McGraw Hill, 2000
3. Simulating Computer Systems: Techniques and Tools, M.H. MacDougall , MIT Press Series in Computer Systems, 1987
4. Ross, Sheldon M. (2001), Simulation, Academic Press
5. Banks, J. Handbook of simulation: Principles, methodology, advances, applications and practice. Wiley, 1998
6. J.B. Sinclair, Simulation of Computer Systems and Computer Networks: A Process-Oriented Approach, 2004

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation - -
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project 1 30
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 40
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 60
Percentage of Final Work 40
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 An ability to apply advanced knowledge of computing and/or informatics to solve software engineering problems.
2 Develop solutions using different technologies, software architectures and life-cycle approaches.
3 An ability to design, implement and evaluate a software system, component, process or program by using modern techniques and engineering tools required for software engineering practices.
4 An ability to gather/acquire, analyze, interpret data and make decisions to understand software requirements.
5 Skills of effective oral and written communication and critical thinking about a wide range of issues arising in the context of working constructively on software projects.
6 An ability to access information in order to follow recent developments in science and technology and to perform scientific research or implement a project in the software engineering domain.
7 An understanding of professional, legal, ethical and social issues and responsibilities related to Software Engineering.
8 Skills in project and risk management, awareness about importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and long-term development, and recognition of international standards of excellence for software engineering practices standards and methodologies.
9 An understanding about the impact of Software Engineering solutions in a global, environmental, societal and legal context while making decisions.
10 Promote the development, adoption and sustained use of standards of excellence for software engineering practices.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 16 2 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project 1 20 20
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 10 10
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 15 15
Total Workload 125