Universitatea Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca
Facultatea de Matematică şi Informatică
Ciclul de studii: Masterat
Domeniul: Informatica
Programul de studii: Modelare şi simulare
Limba de predare: Engleză

SYLLABUS

I. General data
Code	Subject	
MI370	Simulation Validation	

Semester	Hours: C+S+L	Category	Status	
2	2+2+1		compulsory	

II. Full status faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Didactic	Chair	Type of activity	
surname	title	title		C	S	L	
FRENTIU Militon	Ph.D.	Prof.	Programming  Languages and Methods	*			

Associated faculty members
Name and	Scientific	Institution	Type of	Type of activity	
surname	title		position	C	S	L	

III. Course objectives
- Learning Simulation as a method of studying real phenomena;
- Geting used to solve problems by simulation;
- Geting used to validate simulation systems.	

IV. Course contents
1. The Object of simulation
2. Random numbers and their generation 
3. Simulation Models. Discrete and continue Simulation. 
4. Concrete Exemples of Simulation 
5. The Life Cycle of a simulation study
6. Verification and validation of simulation methods
7. Statistical methods in simulation validation
8. Calibration
9. Senzitivity analysis
10. Tools for simulation validation	

V. Bibliography
1. ARSHAM H., Systems Simulation: The Shortest Path from Learningto Applications, http://www.ubmail.ubalt.edu/~harsham/simulation/sim.htm 
2. BALCI, O., Validation, Verification, and Testing Techniques throught the Life Cycle of a Simulation Study, Annals of Operations Research, 1994, no.12, pp.1-49 
3. BLAGA P., Statistica prin MATLAB, Presa Universitara Clujeana, 2002. 
4. DODESCU Gh., Simularea sistemelor, Ed.Militara, Bucuresti 
5. RACEANU, E., Limbaje de simulare, Ed.Militara, Bucuresti, 1981 
7. STATE, L., J.POPESCU, Modele probabiliste in Inteligenta Artificiala, Litog. Univ. Bucuresti, 1979. 
8. VADUVA I., Modele de simulare cu calculatorul, Ed. Tehnica, Bucuresti 1977. 
9. Law, A. M. and W. D. Kelton. 2000. Simulation Modeling and Analysis, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York.
10. Gaydos, L., Acevedo, W. and C. Bell, Using animated cartography to illustrate global change, Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association Conference, Barcelona, Spain, International Cartographic Association, pp. 1174-1178, 1995.

VI. Thematic of didactic activities per weeks

VII. Didactic methods used

VIII. Assessment
A written examination at the end of term (mark E) and the activity at the seminaries (mark A) will contibute to the final mark
          F=(A+E)/2.
Webpage: http://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~per/Val_Sim.html	

IX. Additional references

	Dean,							Chair head,

	Date,							Course responsible,
								Prof. FRENTIU Militon, Ph.D.