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The aim of the MAMS course is two-fold. Firstly, we intend to present students the fascinating field of modelling and simulation as an important asset and imperative tool inherent to the scientific method, for testing and validating concepts and theories, which will be invaluable in virtually all PhD projects. Secondly, the presentation of and open discussions on contemporary modelling and simulation methods and techniques are expected to motivate students to identify problems and to point out challenges that turn such a field into an interesting research domain within Informatics Engineering that is rather multidisciplinary.
This course unit is offered as part of the MAP-i Doctoral Programme
More specifically, the course goals include:
After concluding the course successfully, we expect students be able to:
As part of the assessment criteria, each student officially enrolled and attending the MAMS module at ProDEI is subjected to prepare and present a Seminar (Readings in Simulation) as well as to devise and implement a complete Simulation Project, including a written paper and an oral presentation.
The final mark will be set according to the following weights for each component of the assessment system:
Week | Planned Subject | Obs | |
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01 | 19/Sep | Presentation | |
02 | 26/Sep | Introduction, basic concepts, simulation life-cycle | selection of seminar themes |
03 | 03/Oct | Models and components of a system | |
04 | 10/Oct | Architectures and case studies | |
05 | 17/Oct | Decision Support Systems | Invited Lecturer: Dr. Alberto Fernandez (URJC, Madrid, Spain) |
06 | 24/Oct | FEUP Week (no classes) | |
07 | 31/Oct | MABS | Invited Lecturer: Dr. Luis Paulo Reis (U. Minho/LIACC), selection of project topics |
08 | 07/Nov | Course project tutoring | Seminar Slides and Material due |
09 | 14/Nov | Seminar Presentations | |
10 | 21/Nov | Course project tutoring | |
11 | 28/Nov | Course project tutoring | |
12 | 05/Dec | Course project tutoring | |
13 | 12/Dec | Course project tutoring | |
14 | 19/Dec | Christmas and New Year holidays | |
15 | 26/Dec | Christmas and New Year holidays | |
16 | 06/Jan | Friday: Final Papers submission | Papers reporting on course project results |
16 | 09/Jan | Project Presentation + Demo | |
Students will be invited to present their course work during the second edition of the Readings in Modelling & Simulation Workshop Series.
Information on the first edition of the Workshop can be found below:
Modelling and Simulation:
DAI and Multi-Agent Systems: