Title :
Simulation and statistical education
Author :
Romeu, Jorge Luis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., State Univ. of New York, Cortland, NY, USA
Abstract :
Discrete event simulation has benefited from statistical analysis but the reverse is not true. Recent advances in computer technology and software development have made it possible to have PC´s running specialized simulation languages readily available. The paper discusses how discrete event simulation, developed via specialized simulation languages (e.g., GPSS), can become a useful class resource to teach and motivate statistics students. In addition, simulation helps to present, more effectively, interdisciplinary case studies, to increase group learning and to relieve students and instructors from statistical drudgery. Examples of such GPSS simulation are developed
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; discrete event simulation; mathematics computing; microcomputer applications; simulation languages; software engineering; statistical analysis; PCs; class resource; computer technology; discrete event simulation; group learning; interdisciplinary case studies; software development; specialized simulation languages; statistical analysis; statistical education; statistics student motivation; statistics student teaching; Computational modeling; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Discrete event simulation; Educational institutions; Mathematics; Programming; State estimation; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1995. Winter
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-78033018-8
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1995.479049
