IND4336

Systems modelling and simulation II

(ENG)

R D Kennedy

6 points + 22 lecture hours and 22 laboratory/tutorial hours + First semester + Caulfield + Prohibition: ENC4031

Synopsis: Introduction to discrete event and continuous process systems modelling and simulation: Simulation paradigms and techniques. Commercial modellers and packages. Boundary definition. Model specifications. Data collection and presentation. Model definition and development. Debugging tools and techniques. Industrial ecology - environmental life cycle assessment (LCA); computer-aided simulation of life cycle and the impact on the environment. Industrial experimentation: statistical design and analysis of experiments, correlation and regression analysis, multiple linear regression, accelerated experiments and ANOVA. Reporting of results.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Assignment: 30%