ENGR 5375 - INEN 4375 - Simulation of Industrial Systems

Last Update: Nov. 27, 2001 at 1:10 p.m.

Class #

Day

Date

Topics Planned for Fall 2001

1

W

22-Aug

Register on www.blackboard.com, Demonstrate ARENA

2

M

27-Aug

Ch 1, Ch 2 to p.26, Intro to Simulation, What is Simulation?

3

W

29- Aug

Fundamental Simulation Concepts, Process Improvement, Simulation Basics

Flowchart assignment Due Sept. 10, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.

Problem-Suggestion-Benefit Format Template

Download a trial copy of SmartDraw flowcharting software here: http://www.smartdraw.com/goto.htm

Read more about flowcharts and other problem solving tools here: http://deming.eng.clemson.edu/pub/tutorials/qctools/stdntndx.htm

4

W

5-Sep

Ch. 3

5

M

10-Sep

Ch. 4

6

W

12-Sep

Ch. 4

7

M

17-Sep

Ch. 4

8

W

19-Sep

Ch. 5

9

M

24-Sep

Ch. 5, Data Collection and Analysis

10

W

26- Sep

Ch. 5

11

M

01-Oct

OptQuest For Arena User’s Guide (from online books)

12

W

03-Oct

Ch. 6

13

M

8-Oct

Lego demonstration

14

W

10-Oct

Conducting Simulation Studies

15

W

15-Oct

Ch 7

16

M

17-Oct

Ch 7

17

M

22-Oct

Ch 8, pp.339-347

18

W

24-Oct

Ch 8, pp.347-354

19

M

29- Oct

Ch 8, pp.354-361

20

W

31- Oct

Ch 9

21

M

05-Nov

Ch 9

22

W

07-Nov

Ch 10, pp. 431-440

23

M

12-Nov

Ch 5 - Mean, Variance

24

W

14-Nov

Ch 8 - Point and Interval Estimators,

25

M

19-Nov

Ch 9 - Hypothesis Tests

26

W

21-Nov

No Class

27

M

26-Nov

Ch 10 - Hypothesis Tests - 2 means

28

W

28- Nov

Final Exam Review

29

M

03-Dec

Turn in final project and evaluate the course

30

W

05-Dec

Final Exam 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

 

Syllabus

Fall 2001

Instructor: Dr. Ryan Underdown

Office: 2202 Cherry Engineering, (409) 880 - 8815

E-mail: r_underdown@hotmail.com

Office Hours: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Others by appointment.

Class Web site: www.blackboard.com

Textbook: Kelton, W. David, Sadowski, Randall P. and Sadowki, Deborah A, Simulation With Arena 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2002

Goals: To provide students with the real-world opportunity to identify, investigate and solve problems in industrial engineering systems using computer simulation.

 

Teaching Assistant:

Nitin Thadani

Office: Room 2626 Cherry Engineering

E-mail:  thuds@hotmail.com

Office Hours:  1:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Mon, Wed, Fri,)  Others by appointment.

 

Computer Usage – Students will use the following software in this class:

College of Engineering Computer Policies

  1. Do not change any settings on the computers in any Lamar University computer lab
  2. Save all files to a 3.5 inch disk or to the "My Documents" folder on the C drive of the computer.  Note the "My Documents" area will be deleted on a regular basis throughout the semester.
  3. Do not download any files from the internet unless specified by an instructor.
  4. Bring a 3.5 inch disk to class everyday to save your files.

 

Undergraduate Grading:

30% Final Exam – December 5, 2001 from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

10% Quizzes

28% Assigned problems (4 at 7% each)

32% Simulation Project (work in pairs) - Due December 3, 2001

100% Total

 

Graduate Grading:

20% Final Exam – December 5, 2001 from 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

10% Quizzes

20% Assigned problems (4 at 5% each)

50% Simulation Project (with additional material such as literature review, extensive statistical analysis, or visual basic interface) - Due December 3, 2000

100% Total

 

Required reading:

Read chapters before coming to class

Read designated web pages

 

Projects Fall 2001

Grading Criteria for Projects

20% - How close the model represents reality as described in the problem statement

Answers to the questions, both quantitative and qualitative

30% - Recommendations for improvement

Recommendations should be as specific as possible in terms of people, equipment, time, money, etc…needed to implement the solutions and the anticipated benefits.  Reports that do not specify specific improvements and specific anticipated results will lose points.

20% - Appearance of project, both on paper and on the computer (this is where animation can come into play)

The report should be easy to follow and well organized.  Reports that are unorganized, (include items out of order as order is defined in the Project Requirements below) will lose points.

The simulation model should be easy to follow (easy to understand what is happening)

30% - Class comparison - after grading all projects based upon the above criteria, I will make a second pass considering each project against the quality of projects provided by other students.

Suggestion: Only work with class members to get the basic model working.  Work on your own to develop recommendations and improved versions.

If you present good work, you will be rewarded with good grades. Good luck!

 

Project Requirements

All projects will be typed and have the following content areas:

  1. Cover page with your name, date and Project #
  2. Problem statement (copied from web page or from text book)
  3. Print out of model(s)
  4. Print out of numerical results
  5. Answers to questions, both quantitative and qualitative
  6. Recommendations - recommend improvements to the process including numerical data and print outs to support your claims
  7. Conclusions
  8. Disk (3.5 inch) with your ARENA model. Label the disk with your name and project number and name the file is saved under
  9. Submit project in a large envelop with your name and project number listed on outside cover (no folders or other type of package)
  10. Bind all pages with a single staple in upper left hand corner

 

Individual Project:

Due December 3, 2001 at 4:00 p.m.

Complete project on a physical system, including data collection, model building, programming, and output interpretation. Undergraduate students can form a group of two, and graduate students need to carry out the project individually (includes statistical aspects of output analysis).

All projects will be typed and have the following content areas:

  1. Cover page with your name, date and Project Title
  2. Introduction: Description of the system you are modeling
  3. Data Collection: List the data you collected
  4. Data Collection methodology: Describe how you collected each set of data. Be specific: state the beginning and end of each process you studied
  5. Data Analysis: Describe how you analyzed the data.  Provide print outs of your Input Analyzer results and discussion of how you used the results in your simulation model. Include reports from OptQuest and Minitab if you used them.
  6. Print out of model(s)
  7. Print out of numerical results
  8. Identify bottlenecks/problems in the system with numerical results and discussion.
  9. Design a new process(es) – develop alternative processes (models) that will overcome the bottleneck or other problem(s).  Discuss the details of each change you made to the process.  Include numerical data and print outs to support your claims
  10. Discussion of how the improved model(s) is better than the original model including a summary chart showing the numerical differences and benefits
  11. Conclusions – identify the model you recommend to be implemented and describe why you recommend this model. Address issues such as optimality, practical implementation problems, criteria by which your selection was made.
  12. Appendix: All raw data used in your model
  13. Disk (3.5 inch) with your ARENA model. Label the disk with your name and project number and name the file is saved under

Clearly indicate each section listed above with a heading and tab (if necessary). Projects that are not clearly labeled will lose points.

 

Important Dates:

October 1 - Last day to drop without academic penalty

November 12 – Last day to drop/withdraw

 

UNIVERSITY POLICIES

ATTENDANCE AND DROP POLICY:

Students are required to read and be prepared to discuss the assigned textbook chapters workbook exercises before attending the class session in which they will be discussed.

Class attendance and lateness policies will be discussed during the first week of class. Those policies include by reference all provision for grade adjustment or drop policies included in the applicable Graduate or Undergraduate Catalog in effect at the start of the semester.

 

NO STUDENT WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS ROLLS

FOR NEVER ATTENDING OR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES.

 

A student dropping a course after the Census Date but on or before the appropriate final drop date will receive a grade of "W" only if at the time of dropping, the student is passing the course (has a grade of A, B, C, or D); otherwise an F will be received.

Absences Based on Religious Beliefs:

A student who misses an examination, work assignment, or other project due to the observance of a religious holy day will be given the opportunity to complete the work missed within 15 days following the due date of the assignment, test, or other project missed. To be eligible for such a make-up, the student must notify me in writing of classes scheduled on dates he or she will be absent to observe a religious holy day. Notification must be made within the first 15 (fifteen) class days through either a written correspondence, personal delivered, acknowledged and dated by me or written correspondence sent certified mail, return receipt requested to me. Failure to follow the rules provided above within the time frames listed will result in the absence being considered unexcused.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA):

Lamar University is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of the ADA to make reasonable adjustments in the classroom necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. Students should meet with the Instructor during the first week of class to discuss their special needs and advise the instructor of any special needs, abilities or limitations and to discuss the instructor’s expectations in class participation, performance and work standards. Any disclosure by the students of their need for accommodations is recognized to be extremely sensitive and all conversations and other communications will be kept protected and confidential and disclosed on a need-to-know basis only.

Students are responsible for contacting and consulting with the University’s Office for Students with Disabilities prior to contacting the instructor about any disabilities. The student should provide the instructor with some form of written documentation of the disability from an acceptable, external sources (such as a doctor, psychiatrist, etc.) and from the Office for Students with Disabilities.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

All students are expected to pursue their scholastic careers with honesty and integrity.

It is the philosophy of this Department, this instructor and Lamar University that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form. All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures. Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University.

"Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission of credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, or any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts."

MAKE UP EXAMS: Final exam grade replaces missed exam grade

ATTENDANCE & PARTICIPATION:

I encourage you to participate in class discussions and attend class regularly. The more you participate on a regular basis, the more you will gain from this course. Effective participation requires good preparation therefore I absolutely encourage you to read the material before class.