Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 420 Business Systems Simulation

Credit hours 3 - Undergraduate 4-Graduate
Catalog description Simulation analysis of the operations of a system from the perspective of the entire company; optimal decisions are generated for the controllers of the systems.
Key topics
  • Basic ideas in simulation
  • Model building
  • Basic GPSS concepts
  • Statistical analysis of simulation results
  • Advanced GPSS concepts
  • Random distribution generator
  • Simulation of case studies
Prerequisites for this course IDS 331 or equlivant or IDS 355
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite IDS 426
Required course for None
Elective course for Selective computing course for IDS Majors; General selective for IDS Majors
Selective for MS in MIS Students
Frequency of offering Fall
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Fall 2008 Ho
Fall 2006 Ho
Fall 2006 Hagstrom
Planned offerings Fall 2009
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Comments IDS 420, if taken will count for only one requirement; a Computing Selective or an Elective for IDS Majors.