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An approach to teaching computer simulation
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posted on 2017-06-22, 08:36 authored by Sean O'BroinThe thesis proposes a method for teaching computer simulation. The
method involves the use of a large-scale real-life project which had
been carried out by the author on a consultancy basis. This project
has been developed into a teaching package which is intended for a
wide spectrum of students, thus little knowledge of mathematics is
assumed. This method has been found to be the most successful one
by the author in over twenty years of experience with different
types of students and this particular package has been tried
successfully with a group of students in Hong Kong.
The.real system and the relevant problems involved are first
described and considered. From this an extremely simplified version
is then extracted. Solution methods are considered and the
usefulness of simulation demonstrated. The tools required for a
simulation are then introduced, the simulation language used being
GPSS which is considered by the author to be the most appropriate on
the basis of ease of learning and future usefulness. In a series of
steps realistic complications are added to this simple system while
in parallel the required extra elements of the simulation language
are introduced building up to the final simulation of the real
system by the students who will by then have a thorough grasp of
GPSS. They will also have had the experience of developing a
full-scale simulation model. At this stage the students will be in
a position to apply their knowledge and experience to problems in
other fields and the author hopes that the lecturer will be
motivated to develop similar projects for teaching in other areas.
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- Science
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- Mathematics Education Centre
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1985Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
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