Subject: Simulation Validation	Code: MI370	

Semester	 Hours: C+S+L	Type	 Section	
2	2+2+1	compulsory	Modeling and Simulation  - in English	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Prof. FRENTIU Militon, Ph.D., mfrentiu@cs.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	- Learning Simulation as a method of studying real phenomena;
- Geting used to solve problems by simulation;
- Geting used to validate simulation systems	
Content	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 validatio	
Selective References	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. Articole din Internet	
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