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Beyond the university: simulation education on the job

Published: 09 December 2007 Publication History

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Simulation modelers have a diversity of educational backgrounds including several engineering and scientific disciplines, mathematics and computer related fields. Many of the skills required to achieve modeling proficiency are learned "on the job". Emerging trends in the demand for more complex and fully automated simulation applications are requiring simulators to develop a working knowledge of a much broader range of software technologies and modeling methodologies. Unfortunately, there are no structured educational programs for acquiring and developing these skills. Simulation apprenticeships provide an effective means for acquiring many of the essential and emerging simulation skills that are not delivered through conventional educational methods.

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WSC '07: Proceedings of the 39th conference on Winter simulation: 40 years! The best is yet to come
December 2007
2659 pages
ISBN:1424413060

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  • IIE: Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • INFORMS-SIM: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences: Simulation Society
  • ASA: American Statistical Association
  • IEEE/SMC: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
  • SIGSIM: ACM Special Interest Group on Simulation and Modeling
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • (SCS): The Society for Modeling and Simulation International

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December 9 - 12, 2007
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  • (2010)Discrete event simulation class for engineering graduate studentsProceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference10.5555/2433508.2433547(344-352)Online publication date: 5-Dec-2010
  • (2009)M&S educationProceedings of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference10.5555/1639809.1639912(1-5)Online publication date: 22-Mar-2009

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