Modeling and Simulation in the Systems Engineering Life Cycle: Core Concepts and Accompanying Lectur

Part I: Modeling & Simulation Fundamentals

Introduction to Modeling & Simulation
Margaret Loper and Andy Register

The Modeling & Simulation Lifecycle Process
Margaret Loper

Fidelity, Resolution, Accuracy, and Uncertainty
Dale Pace

Conceptual Modeling
Charles Turnitsa

Types of Models
Robert Sargent

Model Verification & Validation
Robert Sargent

Part II: Methods and Methodologies

Modeling the Environment
Robert Richbourg

Modeling Behavior
Amy Henninger and Betty Whitaker

Modeling Time
Margaret Loper

Discrete Event Simulation
Dave Goldsman and Paul Goldsman

Continuous Time Simulation
Andy Register

Agent Based Simulation
Betty Whitaker

System Dynamics Simulation
Betty Whitaker

Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation
Ron Ogan

Human-in-the-Loop Simulation
Dennis Folds

Part III: Experimentation, Execution & Results

Design of Experiments
Steve Gordon

Surrogate Modeling
Tommer Ender and Santiago Balestrini-Robinson

Monte Carlo Analysis
Andy Register

Wargames
Joe Saur

Distributed Simulation & Architectures
Margaret Loper

Part IV: Introduction to Systems Engineering

Systems Engineering Fundamentals
Carlee Bishop

Introduction to Systems Thinking
Tom McDermott

Model Based Systems Engineering
Thomas Holland

Part V: M&S in Systems Engineering Life Cycle

Real-time Data Driven Arterial Simulation for Performance Measure Estimation
Dwayne Henclewood, Wonho Suh, Angshuman Guin, Randall Guensler, Richard Fujimoto and Michael Hunter

Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate
Kendra Befort and Bill Baker

Framework Assessing Cost and Technology
Tommer Ender, Daniel C. Browne, Michael O'Neal and William W. Yates

Model Based Systems Engineering: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Therapy
Nathan Adams, L. Drew Pihera, Stephen Blalock and Matthew Paden

Computational Modeling of Complex Enterprise Systems: A Multi-Level Approach
Rahul Basole and Doug Bodner

Real Time Simulation of a Nuclear Power Plant with Embedded Hardware
Brian Berenbach

Return on Investment Metrics for Funding Modeling and Simulation
Steve Gordon