SYSTEM MODELING AND SIMULATIONSub Code : 06CS82 IA Marks : 25Hrs/Week : 04 Exam Hours : 03Total Hrs : 52 Exam Marks : 100PART – A1. INTRODUCTION 8 HrsWhen simulation is the appropriate tool and when it is not appropriate; Advantages anddisadvantages of Simulation; Areas of application; Systems and system environment;Components of a system; Discrete and continuous systems; Model of a system; Typesof Models; Discrete-Event System Simulation; Steps in a Simulation Study.Simulation examples: Simulation of queuing systems; Simulation of inventory systems;Other examples of simulation.2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES, SIMULATION SOFTWARE 6 HrsConcepts in Discrete-Event Simulation: The Event-Scheduling / Time-AdvanceAlgorithm, World Views, Manual simulation Using Event Scheduling; List processing.Simulation in Java; Simulation in GPSS.3. STATISTICAL MODELS IN SIMULATION 6 HrsReview of terminology and concepts; Useful statistical models; Discrete distributions;Continuous distributions; Poisson process; Empirical distributions.4. QUEUING MODELS 6 HrsCharacteristics of queuing systems; Queuing notation; Long-run measures ofperformance of queuing systems; Steady-state behavior of M/G/1 queue; Networks ofqueues.PART - B***5. RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATION, RANDOM-VARIATE GENERATION

8 HrsProperties of random numbers; Generation of pseudo-random numbers; Techniques forgenerating random numbers; Tests for Random Numbers.Random-Variate Generation: Inverse transform technique; Acceptance-Rejectiontechnique; Special properties.6. INPUT MODELING 6 HrsData Collection; Identifying the distribution with data; Parameter estimation; Goodnessof Fit Tests; Fitting a non-stationary Poisson process; Selecting input models withoutdata; Multivariate and Time-Series input models.7. OUTPUT ANALYSIS FOR A SINGLE MODEL 6 HrsTypes of simulations with respect to output analysis; Stochastic nature of output data;Measures of performance and their estimation; Output analysis for terminatingsimulations; Output analysis for steady-state simulations.8. VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODELS, OPTIMIZATION 6 HrsModel building, verification and validation; Verification of simulation models;Calibration and validation of models.Optimization via Simulation.Text Books:1. Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicol: Discrete-EventSystem Simulation, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2007.(Chapters1, 2, 3, 4.4, 4.5, 5, 6.1 to 6.3, 6.4.1, 6.6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.4)Reference Books:1. Lawrence M. Leemis, Stephen K. Park: Discrete – Event Simulation: A First Course,Pearson / Prentice-Hall, 2006.

2. Averill M. Law: Simulation Modeling and Analysis,4th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill,2007.