ISE 403: Project Progress Report Evaluation

Conceptual Model and Arena Model(s)

_______Group Number, Project Title, Group Members, Group Leader

_______Problem location or problem formulation changed?
                     What has changed?
                     Re-statement of problem formulation (see Proposal requirements)?

_______Information/Data Collected from Present System (or for proposed systems)
                     Presentation of system layout and operating procedures
                     Data collected to specify model parameters and probability distributions for:
                             arrival rate of entities, service times, time to failure and time to repair.

_______Conceptual Model Development
   Document model assumptions (conceptual model should not completely correspond
                         to real system)
    Written conceptual model with level of model detail related to:
                              Project objectives
                              Performance measures of interest
                              Data availability
                              Credibility concerns
                              Opinions of Subject-Matter Expert
                              Time available to complete study
   Validation of Conceptual Model
                              Details reviewed by project team for conformance to objectives
                              Structured "walk-through" of the Conceptual Model with all clients
                              Will the model answer the questions posed?

_______Construction of Arena Model(s): Submit models on Disk or through Wolfware "submit"
                      Description of Arena model (Arena model should correspond to conceptual model)
                      Model parameters and probability distributions choices
                              Evidence for making the choices
                              Basis for choices
                      Model Verification
                              Tests of model behavior (run one entity type, reduce resource capacity, increase arrival
                                    rates, reduce time to failure, ...)
                              Does animation reflect conceptual model, as judged by clients?
                      Model Validation
                              Comparison of performance measures of model output with existing system measurements
                              Is model of present system consistent with experience of clients?
                              Does unusual input to model result in behavior expected/observed in real system?
                      Sensitivity Analysis
                              Which model factors have greatest influence on peformance measures?
                              Have sensitive factors been modeled carefully?

_______Design of Simulation Experiments
                      What are the alternative system configurations (scenarios)?
                      For each simulation, what is the run length, warmup period, number of replications?
                      If an optimization is to be used, give a statement of the optimization model (objective
                            function, constraints, requirements)

_______Project Planning Management
                      Schedule of tasks to be completed (due dates)?
                      Who perfoms what tasks?

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